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Holography MarketPlace 8th edition

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This is an unbeatable overview of the state of the holographic art. There are chapters covering basic information such as what holograms are and how they are made, and guest articles from innovators in the field, who detail their progress in such areas as adding color to holograms, applying holography to fabric, developing new holographic films and photo-reactive crystals, and producing various types of holograms by the dot matrix or photo-resist mathods, among others. Technical details are explained clearly, in language a non-physicist can understand. It contains an international directory of players in the holographic field, including artists, producers, distributors, collectors, museums, equipment and supply manufacturers, and researchers. As well as written information, it features many examples of embossed holograms, including on the cover a full-color image done by a new process developed by Dai-Nippon printing of Japan- arguably worth the entire cost of the book itself. ....

This book is FULL of information. I haven't finished reading it and at this point, I am very pleased with the articles as well as the great list of suppliers.

I'm not a professional in this field but was fascinated in learning more from my own tinkerings with holography. I wanted bigger ideas and bought this book in hopes of gathering more ideas to color my tinkerings with. There arent many pictures in the book and many of the subjects are mainly academic. There are alot of advertisements within the book which to me seemed a little unprofessional, but nonetheless useful for someone who might have trouble finding information on this subject (but then again there IS the internet). Some of the articles within the book were really PR releases for holography technology and those who supply/provide services for it. Interesting for the serious hobbyist/professional but best ignored if youre a dilettante and are looking for innovative ideas, colorful photography and a book of projects. The cover was an interesting holography picture that when twisted right appears three dimensional.