What distinguishes engineering from other technical areas is
inventiveness in the solution to a problem even when complete
understanding is lacking. Consider that steam engines were
developed before thermodynamics was well understood and it took
mathematicians to put Fourier's method on a firm theoretical
foundation. Once established, theory is used to make continued
advances. Such is the case in imaging as well. Spectacles were
used long before an understanding of optics was developed, but
that understanding is what led to the development of more
complicated instruments. © 2003 Optical Society of America Focus
Issue: Integrated computational imaging systems Original
Manuscript: September 5, 2003 Revised Manuscript: July 15, 2003
Published: September 8, 2003 Joseph Mait, "Introduction," Opt.
Express 11, 2091-2092 (2003) |Alert me when this paper is cited|
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