Interference: The History of Optical Interferometry and the Scientists Who Tamed Light

This book tells the story of the science of optical interferometry - mankind's most sensitive form of measurement - and of the scientists who tamed light to make outstanding discoveries, from lasers and holograms to astronomy and quantum physics.

David D. Nolte is the Edward M. Purcell Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University. He received his BA from Cornell University and his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and was a post-doctoral member of AT&T Bell Labs. He is a Fellow of the Optica Society, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the AAAS.