"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent a…
"Version: 20190501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The four forces and the geometric Universe -- 1.2. QFT + GR -- 1.3. Cosmological evolution -- 1.4. Black holes and holographic scaling2. ADM mass and holographic scaling in general physics -- 2.1. Vector notation and…