In initiating this blog, I am angling to engage, over time, people who are particularly interested in optical design and more specifically the history of optics and optical design. Along the way, I will scatter in interesting things that I come across through conferences and conventions and in reading and scanning a range of journals including Science, Nature, Wired, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The New Yorker, the Economist, and, of course, the journals specific to optics and optical design including the Journal of the Optical Society of America, Applied Optics, Optics Communications, Optik, Optical Engineering, and the Proceedings of the SPIE.
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- SPIE Conference Proceedings
- Optical Engineering
- Optik
- Optics Communications
- Applied Optics
- Journal of the Optical Society of America
- The New Yorker
- Forbes
- Harvard Business Review
- Wired
- Nature
- Science
- 400 Years of the Telescope | A Journey of Science, Technology and Thought
- “Getting More from Moore’s,” Scientific American, April 2001
- Optical Research Associates
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In line with your interest in the history of optics/optical design, I'd be interested in ruminations on the history of optical design software. Many of the original developers are deep into retirement, if they are still with us at all. It would be good to try to capture the stories of the first and second generation before they slip away.
I know you had a view of Perkin Elmer's internal code back in the 80's; it would be interesting to hear your comments on that.
Good luck with your blog!
Posted by: Mike Hayford | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 at 08:48 AM