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Steel, William Howard was born on June 10, 1920 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Thomas Heron and Emily Mary Vivien (Davies) Steel.
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Interferometry (Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics)
(Enlarged and updated in 1983, this is the second edition ...)
Enlarged and updated in 1983, this is the second edition of Dr Steel's popular textbook on interferometry. The text has been revised throughout and major additions have been made to reflect the phenomenal growth of laser techniques and applications. The book provides a general treatment that brings together the many different applications of the interference of light waves, light being used in its most general sense to include all electromagnetic radiation. The applications can cover precise measurement of length, the testing of optical components against a computed hologram, measurements of atmospheric pollution by infrared spectroscopy and many of the methods of radio astronomy and the measurement of size of visible stars. These apparently unrelated methods have a common theory, which the book presents and extends to each main field of application. It shows workers in one field how their problems relate to those in other fields, where they may have been solved already. The book will be found useful by anyone whose work involves one of the many applications of interferometric techniques.
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Interferometry
(Original 1967 edition with dust jacket and with errata (t...)
Original 1967 edition with dust jacket and with errata (tab). Printed in Great Britain. Cambridge at the University Press.
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William Howard Steel
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William Howard Steel, Australian optical physicist. President University Sydney Staff Club, 1970. Fellow Optical Society of America (Mees medal 1985); member Institute Physics (Great Britain), Australian Institute Physics, Australian Optical Society (honorary, foundation president 1983-1984), International Society for Optical Engineering International.
Education
Bachelor with honors, University Melbourne, 1941. Doctor of Science, University Paris, 1952. Doctor of Science (honorary), Macquarie University, 1992.
Career
Engineer Amalgamated Wireless Australasia, Sydney, Australia, 1942-1944. Research scientist Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (now Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), 1944-1985. With studenship Institute d'Optique, Paris, 1950-1952.
Optical physicist Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1965. Honorary professorial fellow Macquarie University, Sydney, 1985-1999. President Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Officers' Association, Melbourne, 1958-1960.
Vice president International Commission for Optics, 1969-1972, president, 1972-1975, past president, 1975-1978.
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Interferometry (Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics)
(Enlarged and updated in 1983, this is the second edition ...)
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Interferometry
(Original 1967 edition with dust jacket and with errata (t...)
- Interferometry (Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics) by W. H. Steel (1985-12-27)
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Interferometry (Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics)
Membership
President University Sydney Staff Club, 1970. Fellow Optical Society of America (Mees medal 1985). Member Institute Physics (Great Britain), Australian Institute Physics, Australian Optical Society (honorary, foundation president 1983-1984), International Society for Optical Engineering International.
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Married Emily Sinclair Rossell, October 23, 1954. Children: Antony William, Catriona Mary.
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Australian Labor Party