Overview

Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit and insight. As he presents the major milestones in the history of modern physics, his central focus is the historical debate regarding the nature of light: does it consist of particles or is it made of waves? This book should be of use to students in physical science who seek a discussion of these important issues.

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Author:   Alan A. Grometstein
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1999 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.280kg
ISBN:  

9780306459771

ISBN 10:   0306459779
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   31 May 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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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