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Originally Posted by technofetishism
Would you happen to know anything worth reading to really get a better understanding of how and why everything interacts with everything else?
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The best place to start is this website.
http://www.telescope-optics.net/
It is free and has lots of good information, although in many cases (as with most complex optical theory) the mathematics can get quite complicated for people not that way inclined.
An excellent book is Telescope Optics by Rutten and Van Venrooij.
http://www.bintel.com.au/Accessories...oductview.aspx
This book is aimed at the amateur astronomer as opposed to the professional optician and provides a good explanation of most of the optical concepts the amateur astronomer might want to be aware of. Again however the amthematics might be daunting for some but you can just skip the complex maths and grasp the concepts.
Cheers,
John B