I need to learn basic optics for a high school academic competition. Does anyone know any good places, preferably free and online, to learn the basics of optics, like lenses, angles of incidence, etc.? I can't seem to find an MIT OpenCourseWare course addressing the issue.
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http://www.khanacademy.org/#physics
Scroll down till #145, that's where optics starts. If you want just lenses, start with the 'virtual image' one.
If not for your online-only request, I would have suggested Resnick-Halliday-Walker. IMHO, that's just about the best book for classical anything
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$\begingroup$ Well, it said "preferably" free and online, not "necessarily," so I think HRW is a fair answer to this question. $\endgroup$– David ZFeb 22, 2012 at 3:50
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1$\begingroup$ Thanks for the link. I like Khan Academy's more wordy explanation - it let's me get an intuitive and quantitative understanding. Also, thanks for the book link although it's a bit out of my means. $\endgroup$ Feb 23, 2012 at 1:51