Newton to Einstein : the trail of light : an excursion to the wave-particle duality and the special theory of relativity / Ralph Baierlein
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- Baierlein, Ralph
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992
- xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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- 0521423236
- 0521411718
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- 1. How light behaves
- 2. Newton's particle theory
- 3. A wave theory of light
- 4. Interference
- 5. Electromagnetic waves
- 6. The photon
- 7. The wave-particle duality
- 8. Does the speed of light depend on the motion of the source of light?
- 9. The principles of the Special Theory of Relativity
- 10. Time dilation and length contraction
- 11. E=mc2
- 12. The twins
- 13. The Lorentz transformations
- 14. Space and time
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Index.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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