Find the Best Optics Book for Your Course

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A user seeks recommendations for a good optics book to learn a course in one month, expressing dissatisfaction with their current texts, "Principles of Physical Optics" by Bennett and "Optics" by Hecht. Another participant suggests "Schaum's Outline of Optics" by Hecht as a suitable option for the limited time frame. The original poster confirms they will use this recommendation.
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Hello, I have about a month to learn a whole course in optics. I do not particularly like the two books I have, Principals of Physical Optics by Bennett and Optics by Hecht. I was wondering if anybody knew of a good book?

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