David M. Paganin is a Lecturer at the School of Physics, Monash University, Australia.

• 1. X-ray wave-fields in free space ; 2. X-ray interactions with matter ; 3. X-ray sources, optical elements, and detectors ; 4. Coherent X-ray imaging ; 5. Singular X-ray optics ; Appendix A: Review of Fourier analysis ; Appendix B: Fresnel scaling theorem ; Appendix C: Reciprocity theorem for monochromatic sclalar fields

... a high-quality book ... a timely topic.

David M. Paganin is a Lecturer at the School of Physics, Monash University, Australia.

• 1. X-ray wave-fields in free space ; 2. X-ray interactions with matter ; 3. X-ray sources, optical elements, and detectors ; 4. Coherent X-ray imaging ; 5. Singular X-ray optics ; Appendix A: Review of Fourier analysis ; Appendix B: Fresnel scaling theorem ; Appendix C: Reciprocity theorem for monochromatic sclalar fields

... a high-quality book ... a timely topic.

David M. Paganin is a Lecturer at the School of Physics, Monash University, Australia.

• 1. X-ray wave-fields in free space ; 2. X-ray interactions with matter ; 3. X-ray sources, optical elements, and detectors ; 4. Coherent X-ray imaging ; 5. Singular X-ray optics ; Appendix A: Review of Fourier analysis ; Appendix B: Fresnel scaling theorem ; Appendix C: Reciprocity theorem for monochromatic sclalar fields

... a high-quality book ... a timely topic.