• Theory of Geometric & Physical Optics
• Astronomical Optics, D. J. Schroeder, Academic Press
• Introduction to Fourier Optics, J. W. Goodman, McGraw-Hill
• Principles of Optics, M. Born & E. Wolf, Cambridge
• Reflecting Telescope Optics (Vols I & II), R. N. Wilson, Springer
• Telescopes: Optics, Optomechanics & History
• Astronomical Optics, D. J. Schroeder, Academic Press
• History of the Telescope, H. King,  Griffin, 1955
• Reflecting Telescope Optics (Vols I & II), R. N. Wilson, Springer
• Adaptive Optics
• Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Optics, J. W. Hardy, Oxford
• Imaging Through Turbulence, M. C. Roggerman & B. Welsh, CRC Press
• Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics for Astronomy, NATO ASI 551, Eds N. Ageorges & C. Dainty, Kluwer
• Site Testing
• Astronomical Site Evaluation in the Visible and the Radio, Astr. Soc. Pac. Conf. Ser. 266, Eds. J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun & C. Munoz-Tunon
• Giant Telescope Projects
• CELT: Conceptual Design for a Thirty Meter Telescope
• Enabling a Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope for the Astronomical Community
• OWL

Reader Contents

• Astronomy crash course
• History of astronomical telescopes
• Optics