This excellent text offers comprehensive treatment of the light-scattering properties of small, independent particles, covering both basic scattering theory and particular computations with different kinds of particles. It includes a full range of useful approximation methods for researchers in chemistry, meteorology, and astronomy. 46 tables. 59 graphs. 44 illustrations.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)

Great reference book...

The book presents all lihgt scattering phenomena by small particle. It's good for simulation of the opticla scattering. Almost scattering formulas and his devrvation are detial and clear. The best is the price. Wonderful...It's worth to introduce you this book.Light Scattering by Small Particles (Structure of Matter Series.)
April 23, 2008

Classic must have/read text on scattering!

van de Hulst has written an extermely useful treatise on light scattering by small particles. The essential assumptions in every derivation are specified, noting the range of validity of most expressions, and the physical interpretation and intuition is expressed through words as well as through mathematics. The book is very readable for people coming from all kinds of disciplines. A background in optics and electrodynamics is definitely useful in understanding the text better.

Being a Dover publication, the book is very affordable and must be on the shelf of every serious student of scattering. The book starts by stating the "limitation", essentially defining the range of topics and physical behavior that is covered in the book, then wave propagation in vacuum and in media is described and the matrix methods associated with polarization are introduced. In part II, the author covers Rayleigh and Rayleigh Gans scattering, i.e. scattering by particles small compared to the wavelength of light, and then describes Mie scattering (rigorously true for spheres of all sizes). Thereafter he discusses several special cases important to metereologists, material scientists, atmospheric sciencists, physicists and chemists. These include particles large compared to wavelength of light, optics of raindrops and rainbows, absorbing and non absorbing spheres and particles with some other shapes (spheroids and cylinders), etc. The lasting popularity of the book is not only because it provides essence of a large body of work on scattering, it is perhaps in the deep insight of the author that is inspirational and educational in every respect, and found in every page of the book!
June 05, 2005

Excellent overview

This book gives an excellent overview on light scattering by small particles and is a must-have for everybody working on scattering phenomena. Whether you are a phycisist, mathematician or engineer, it provides a solid basis for the problems encountered. Further comment is not needed - just consider how often this book is referenced to in scientific publications!
April 19, 2000

SIMILAR PRODUCTS

Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley Science Paperback Series)
by Craig F. Bohren, Donald R Huffman

Dynamic Light Scattering: With Applications to Chemistry, Biology, and Physics
by Bruce J. Berne, Robert Pecora

Laser Light Scattering (Dover Classics of Science and Mathematics)
by Charles S. Johnson, Don A. Gabriel

Introduction to Modern Optics
by Grant R. Fowles

Radiative Transfer
by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar