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Author:   Kerry Kuehn
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Weight:   0.759kg
ISBN:  

9783319793634

ISBN 10:   3319793632
Pages:   471
Publication Date:   27 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Iron, Loadstones and Terrestrial Magnetism.- The Life and Death of a Magnet.- Conservation of Electrical Charge.- Muschenbroek's Wonderful Bottle.- Thunder and Lightning.- Coulomb's Law.- The Dawn of Electro-Magnetism.- Electric Currents, Magnetic Forces.- Work and Weight.- Kinetic and Potential Energy.- Conservation of Energy.- Geometric Optics.- The Wave Theory of Light.- Huygens' Principle.- Reflection of Light Waves.- Opacity, Transparency and Snell's Law.- Atmospheric Refraction.- The Particle Theory of Light.- Passive Laws and Active Principles.- Measuring Light's Wavelength.- Films, Bubbles and Rainbows.- Producing and Detecting Polarization.- Crystal Symmetry and Light Rotation.- Light Scattering.- Induction of Electrical Currents.- Arago's Mysterious Wheel.- Faraday's Law.- The Magnetic Field.- Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism.- Action-at-a-Distance.- Maxwell's Equations.- Propagating Electromagnetic Fields.- Circuits, Antennae and Radiation.- The Michelson-Morley Experiment.

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Dr. Kerry K. Kuehn is Professor in the Department of Physics at Wisconsin Lutheran College. He is a member of the American Physical Society and is also an Advisory Council member for NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and Fidelitas (WLC Honors Program).

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