| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction: Setting the Agenda | 3 |
| Pt. 1 | Refraction | 7 |
| Ch. 2 | Following the Straight and Narrow | 9 |
| Ch. 3 | How Deep Is the Ocean? How High Is the Sky? Imaging in Stratified Media | 17 |
| Pt. 2 | Diffraction and Interference | 33 |
| Ch. 4 | Dark Spots - Bright Spots | 35 |
| Ch. 5 | Newton's Two-Knife Experiment: The Hyperbolic Enigma | 45 |
| Ch. 6 | Young's Two-Slit Experiment with Electrons | 77 |
| Ch. 7 | Pursuing the Invisible: Imaging without Lenses | 97 |
| Pt. 3 | Polarization | 141 |
| Ch. 8 | Poles Apart: The Mysteries of Light Polarization | 143 |
| Ch. 9 | The State of Light | 153 |
| Pt. 4 | Reflection and Scattering | 197 |
| Ch. 10 | The Grand Synthesis | 199 |
| Ch. 11 | New Twists on Reflection | 215 |
| Ch. 12 | Through a Glass Brightly: "Fresnel Amplification" | 261 |
| Ch. 13 | A Penetrating Look at Scattered Light | 281 |
| Pt. 5 | Playing with Waves | 337 |
| Ch. 14 | Voice of the Dragon | 339 |
| Pt. 6 | Science and Learning | 355 |
| Ch. 15 | A Heretical Experiment in Teaching Physics | 357 |
| Ch. 16 | Why Brazil Nuts Are on Top: Physics and the Art of Writing | 389 |
| Ch. 17 | What Does It Take ...? | 399 |
| Index | 407 |
