The writing of Principles of Optics by Born and Wolf

Principles of Optics was written by Max Born and EmilWolf. It is a classical masterpiece on optics which has won extensive praise. Educators in physics and physicists, who supervise students and write articles and books could obtain food for thought and inspiration by knowing and appreciating how this great book came to be written, and also find a ruler whereby to measure one’s own work. This would be beneficial to the development of physics in China.