Writing a Book

Ronald G. Driggers

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.8.080101

2 August 2012 Writing a Book

Ronald G. Driggers

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 8, 080101 (August 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.8.080101

Abstract

I used to joke around (most of you who read my editorials know that’s what I do most of the time anyway) that when I wrote my first book, I did it to stay married. My ex-wife was in medical school at the time and studied long hours most nights. So instead of hanging out at the pub, which is what I really wanted to do, I started writing a textbook at night that corresponded to a course in electro-optics that I taught at the University of Memphis. That book took five years to complete.

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Ronald G. Driggers "Writing a Book," Optical Engineering 51(8), 080101 (2 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.8.080101

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