{"product_id":"analogy-thinking-for-photonics-innovation-khaled-ahmed-9781685691073","title":"Analogy Thinking for Photonics Innovation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnalogy Thinking for Photonics Innovation \u003c\/em\u003eexposes the underlying mental frameworks that have shaped the field's most influential ideas-from optical fibers and photonic crystals to quantum dot lasers, biomimetic surfaces, and photonic neural networks. Presenting tools and insights needed to harness the power of analogy-based thinking, practitioners learn to connect ideas across disciplines and develop their own novel solutions to pressing problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis rich collection of historical narratives, engineering case studies, and cross-disciplinary examples provides a comprehensive guide to the essential elements of analogy thinking: identifying source domains, mapping structure, abstracting core principles, transferring insight, and validating ideas under real-world constraints. Explore 50 key physics and engineering concepts, each explained through 10 carefully chosen analogies. Dive deep into compelling case studies in technology, engineering, and AI that demonstrate how analogy-based thinking has led to some of the most significant innovations of our time. Reexamine familiar technologies from unexpected perspectives and discover how breakthroughs often begin not with new data, but with new ways of seeing. These insights not only inspire but also provide a blueprint for how to apply similar thinking to innovate your own photonics workflows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for engineers, physicists, researchers, and advanced students, this book bridges theory and intuition, oriented equally to those seeking technical depth in photonics and to those searching for creative leverage at the boundaries between disciplines. Not only a book about light, this is a timely guide to thinking differently about problems that resist conventional solutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Khaled Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685691072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685691073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Artech House Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Khaled Ahmed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440777801983,"sku":"9781685691073","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d07d564d-dc54-44c5-9175-67547bf38176.jpg?v=1777184747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/analogy-thinking-for-photonics-innovation-khaled-ahmed-9781685691073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}