Eugene Hecht

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Eugene Hecht is affiliated with the following schools: California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Adelphi University

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Eugene Hecht

Physics

#2980

World Rank

#4309

Historical Rank

#1135

USA Rank

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Eugene Hecht's Degrees

Masters Physics Stanford University
Bachelors Physics California Institute of Technology

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According to Wikipedia, Eugene Hecht is an American physicist and author of a standard work in optics. Hecht studied at New York University , Rutgers University , Adelphi University . During his graduate study he worked at Radio Corporation of America. He became interested in optics in the 1960s and began writing about it in 1970, e.g., polarization. Adelphi University hired Hecht to teach and he became professor in 1978 and he retired in 2021.

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Eugene Hecht's Published Works

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Published Works

Optics 4th Edition (1998) (312)
Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light, by Max Born and Emil Wolf (2000) (93)
Fourier optics: An introduction (1983) (88)
Optics, 2nd Edition (1987) (87)
Note on an Operational Definition of the Stokes Parameters (1970) (47)
Schaum's outline of theory and problems of optics (1975) (41)
How Einstein confirmed E0=mc2 (2011) (37)
There Is No Really Good Definition of Mass (2006) (37)
Einstein on mass and energy (2009) (35)
Energy and Change. (2007) (30)
Einstein Never Approved of Relativistic Mass (2009) (27)
An Historico-Critical Account of Potential Energy: Is PE Really Real? (2003) (26)
Kepler and the origins of pre-Newtonian mass (2017) (17)
Physics: Algebra/Trig (1994) (13)
On Defining Mass (2011) (13)
Understanding energy as a subtle concept: A model for teaching and learning energy (2019) (9)
Origins of Newton's First Law (2015) (9)
Schaum's Outline of College Physics (1997) (7)
Energy Conservation Simplified (2008) (7)
Hecht's Response (2010) (5)
Relativity, potential energy, and mass (2016) (5)
Mass: The Quest to Understand Matter from Greek Atoms to Quantum Fields (2018) (5)
Kepler and the origins of the theory of gravity (2019) (5)
Amplitude Transmission Coefficients for Internal Reflection (1973) (4)
Theory and problems of optics / Eugene Hecht (1975) (4)
Symmetries in Fraunhofer Diffraction (1972) (3)
How Einstein Discovered E0=mc2 (2012) (3)
Energy and Work (2004) (3)
The true story of Newtonian gravity (2021) (3)
The computer and the dentist: a difficult choice. (1984) (2)
Speckle Patterns in Unfiltered Sunlight (1972) (2)
Physics in perspective (1980) (2)
On Morphing Neutrinos and Why They Must Have Mass (2003) (2)
The physics of time and the arrow thereof (2017) (1)
College physics : based on Schaum's Outline of college physics by Frederick J. Bueche and Eugene Hecht (2000) (1)
From the postulates of relativity to the law of inertia (2000) (1)
A cautionary note on operationally defining force and mass (2017) (1)
The Mad Potter of Biloxi (The Art & Life of George E. Ohr) (1989) (1)
Reply to Comment on ‘Relativity, potential energy, and mass’ (2019) (1)
Optics / by Eugene Hecht (1987) (1)
Why don’t Huygens’ wavelets go backwards? (1980) (1)
Questions Students Ask: Why Isn't Paper Transparent, Like Glass?. (1984) (1)
Random Multiple Aperture Diffraction (1973) (0)
Physics in perspective / Eugene Hecht (1980) (0)
Schaum's outline of theroy and probems of optic / by Eugene Hecht (1975) (0)
Comment on ``Measurement of Torques at Low Temperatures'' (1968) (0)
Post‐Use Review: Physics in Perspective (1982) (0)
Physics Zero - A New Approach for the Nonscience Major. (1973) (0)
Reflection, Refraction and the Prism (2006) (0)
Schaum's outlines college physics (2012) (0)
Why the Concept of Potential Energy Must Be Frame Invariant (2021) (0)
Physical Optics (2018) (0)
Photons: The History and Mental Models of Light. Klaus Hentschel. 244 pp. Springer International Publishing, 2018. Price: $78.23 (hardcover). ISBN 978-3-319-95251. (Eugene Hecht, Reviewer.) (2020) (0)
The Practical Einstein: Experiments, Patents, Inventions. (2012) (0)
Erratum: “Einstein on mass and energy” [Am. J. Phys.77 (9), 799–806 (2009)] (2010) (0)
Book Rvw: Fundamentals of Photonics. By Bahaa E. A. Saleh and Malvin Carl Teich (1992) (0)
Definining Mass—Author's Response (2006) (0)
Comprar Optics (Softcover) 5th Ed. | Eugene Hecht | 9781292096933 | Pearson Higher Education (2016) (0)
Schaum's outline of theory and problems of optics / Eugene Hecht (1975) (0)

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