Spectacle Lenses - Edition 1 - By Colin Fowler, BSc, PhD, FSMC, FCOptom and Keziah Latham Petre, PhD, BSc, MCOptom Elsevier Inspection Copies

Spectacle Lenses

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Spectacle Lenses,

Edition 1 Theory and Practice

By Colin Fowler, BSc, PhD, FSMC, FCOptom and Keziah Latham Petre, PhD, BSc, MCOptom

Publication Date: 20 Mar 2001

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This up-to-date text offers a practical approach to the theory and practice of how spectacle lenses are made and how they work in correcting vision. It also covers the more fundamental aspects of spectacle lens dispensing with relevance to areas such as visual optics and geometric optics.

Key Features

Pitched at the correct level for study - easy to follow for undergraduates

Theory is related to practical reality - so students can take the textbook through to the early years of practice

Extensive examples enable the reader to follow through calculations - great for revision and quick reference!

About the author

By Colin Fowler, BSc, PhD, FSMC, FCOptom, Senior Lecturer, Optometry and Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK and Keziah Latham Petre, PhD, BSc, MCOptom, Lecturer, Optometry and Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Introduction; Basic optical principles; Spherical lens forms; Astigmatic lens forms; Prisms and prismatic effects; Spectacle lens materials and lens manufacture; Measurement of lens power; Lens aberrations, best form and aspheric lenses; Bifocal and trifocal lenses; Varifocal spectacle lenses; Tinted and treated lenses.

Book Reviews

"I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all students of optometry and ophthalmic dispensing and to practitioners in the dispensing or manufacture of ophthalmic lenses." Andrew Kierl, Senior Lecturer Anglia Polytechnic University

ISBN: 9780750623704

Page Count: 160

Retail Price : £47.99

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The Principles of Ophthalmic Lenses and (Mo Jalie)
Bennett's Ophthalmic Prescription Work (Wakefield)

- Simpler for students than Jalie's
- More theory than Wakefield

Undergraduate students and practitioners of optometry and dispensing

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