Dave Johnson on open web technologies, social software and software development https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/feed/entries/atom 2026-03-23T14:54:34+00:00 Apache Roller https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/re_science_for_the_curious Dave Johnson 2009-06-16T22:24:04+00:00 2009-06-17T05:24:04+00:00 <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/snoopdave/3273303438/"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3273303438_98e305e0df_m.jpg" alt="picture of the CD" align="left" hspace="10"></a> <p>To follow-up on my <a href="http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/science_for_the_photographer">previous post</a> on the topic: my father is starting to publish excerpts from his book <b>Science for the Curious Photographer</b> on Luminous Landscape. </p> <p>His first piece is titled <a href="http://luminous-landscape.com/essays/art1.shtml">The Quest for Good Photographs and How the Brain Perceives Images</a> and it&#39;s one of my favorite parts. </p> <p>By the way, he&#39;s still <a href="http://photophys.com/photophys/entry/introduction_to_photographic_science_science">trying to figure out the best way to publish the book</a>.</p> https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/science_for_the_photographer Dave Johnson 2009-02-11T21:14:06+00:00 2009-02-12T22:55:26+00:00 <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/snoopdave/3273303438/"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3273303438_98e305e0df_m.jpg" alt="picture of the CD" align="left" hspace="10"></a> <p>You may remember that my dad, <a href="http://www.chem.unc.edu/people/faculty/johnson_ch/">Charles Johnson</a>, was working on a book that explains the science behind photography, from &quot;quantum mechanics to physiology and art appreciation.&quot; He&#39;s finished now and while he negotiates with publishers he is making a limited number of copies available on CD, mostly to his photographer friends.</p> <p>The book is beautifully illustrated with color photographs, diagrams and lots of equations. Yes, I said equations; you&#39;ll need to brush up on your physics and calculus to really appreciate the entire work. I really enjoyed the first couple of chapters and the later chapter on appreciation of art in photography, but I have to admit, I haven&#39;t read the whole thing.</p> <p>I&#39;ll try again when I have the printed edition <img src="https://rollerweblogger.org/images/smileys/wink.gif" class="smiley" alt=";-)" title=";-)"></p> <p>You can download a detailed table of contents via his blog <a href="http://photophys.com">photophys.com</a>. He&#39;ll also be making selected chapters available there to get feedback; the first is <a href="http://photophys.com/photophys/entry/how_to_get_really_high">How to get really high magnifications</a>.</p>