This volume is a compilation of carefully selected questions at the PhD qualifying exam level, including many actual questions from Columbia University, Univers

The material for these volumes has been selected from the past twenty years' examination questions for graduate students at University of California at Berkeley

Written with the student of Physics and Engineering in mind, this textbook shows how to solve the typical examination questions. It also includes the solutions

Geometrical optics (1001-1041) - Wave optics (2001-2089) - Quantum optics (3001-3030).