'This dense volume (546 pages) is a reasonably comprehensive discussion of various topics in the field. The unique feature of this book is the use of matrix formalism to describe curvature and power of a surface. The matrix formalism is especially useful for analyzing astigmatic systems. There are many good things about this book … it will be an invaluable reference book for researchers and graduate student in ophthalmic optics or for optical engineers who desire to know more about the field.' Vengu Lakshminarayanan, Optics & Photonics News
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Ophthalmic materials; 2. Surfaces in ophthalmic lenses; 3. Wavefronts and rays; 4. Single vision lenses; 5. The lens-eye system; 6. Aberrations and lens design; 7. Optics of contact and intraocular lenses; 8. Multifocal lenses; 9. Low vision aids and high power lenses; 10. Lens manufacturing and measurement; 11. Filters and coatings; Appendix A. Frames; Appendix B. Introduction to matrix algebra; Appendix C. Introduction to surface geometry; Appendix D. Local dioptric power matrix; Appendix E. Seidel aberrations and Zernike polynomials; Appendix F. Abelès theory of multilayer films; References; Index.