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Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit and insight. As he presents the usual milestones in the history of modern physics, his central focus is the historical debate regarding the nature of light: is it a particle or is it a wave? This book will be read by generations of students in physical science who seek a well written discussion of these important issues. Grometstein includes material which is quite recent, thus making the present volume particularly useful.

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Author:   Alan A. Grometstein
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.932kg
ISBN:  

9781461372134

ISBN 10:   1461372135
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   21 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Themes.- Appendix DIR Paul Dirac.- 2 O Light Divine.- Appendix FOU Fourier Analysis.- Appendix FRE Frequency.- Appendix MEC Mechanism.- 3 The Young Experiment (1801).- Appendix GED Gedanken Experiments.- 4 A Whiff of Ether (1887).- Appendix ABE Aberration.- Appendix RIT Ritz Stars.- Appendix PDX Paradox and Antinomy.- 5 Prof. Planck Is Desperate (1901).- Appendix PLA Max Planck.- Appendix STA Standing Waves.- 6 The Photoelectric Effect (1902).- 7 Dr. Einstein’s Light Arrows (1905).- 8 Young Revisited (1909).- 9 The Nuclear Atom (1904-1912).- Appendix SPH Spheres.- 10 Bohr’s Atom (1913-1925).- Appendix ACC Accelerated Charges.- 11 Compton’s Shift (1923).- 12 A Princely Postulate (1924).- Appendix ENE Energy of an Electron.- 13 Realism and Other Isms.- 14 Inventing the Wave Equation (1926).- Appendix WEL Well-Behaved Waves.- Appendix CMP Completeness.- 15 Collapsing the Wave.- Appendix HEI Werner Heisenberg.- Appendix COM Commutativity.- 16 Copenhagen Takes Over (1925¡ª?).- Appendix BOH Niels Bohr.- 17 EPR (1935) and EPR-B.- Appendix LIT Lightcones.- Appendix PAU Wolfgang Pauli.- 18 Bell’s Thunderbolt (1964).- 19 The Toll of Bell.- Appendix SCH Schrödinger’s Cat.- Appendix TIM Troublesome Time.- 20 Envoi.- References.- Name Index.

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`A reader of this book is going to have fun. Rarely has good physics been presented in such a cheerful manner. Alan Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit, and insight.' Gerald Mahan, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

`A reader of this book is going to have fun. Rarely has good physics been presented in such a cheerful manner. Alan Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit, and insight.' Gerald Mahan, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

'A reader of this book is going to have fun. Rarely has good physics been presented in such a cheerful manner. Alan Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit, and insight.' Gerald Mahan, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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