Lens Notes - Overview
Lenses - Table of Contents:
For a detailed list of expectations, see Terms
and Objectives.
There is also a schedule
of topics & assignments.
- Concepts
- Identifying converging & diverging lenses
- Lens Terms
- The converging lens
- Basic optics
- Applications
- Single lenses
- The magnifying glass
- The camera
- The projector
- The eye
- Basic anatomy of the eye
- Farsightedness & its treatment
- Nearsightedness & its treatment
- Astigmatism
- Multiple lenses
- The refracting telescope
- The compound microscope
- Problems with lenses
- Spherical aberration
- Chromatic aberration
- The diverging lens
- Pinhole optics
- Labs and Activities
- Demonstrations
- Converging & Diverging Lenses
- Supplements
last update December 21, 1999 by JL
Stanbrough