Résumé
This undergraduate text takes the reader along the trail of
light from Newton's particles to Einstein's relativity.
Like the best detective stories, it presents clues and
encourages the reader to draw conclusions before the
answers are revealed. The first seven chapters describe how
light behaves, develop Newton's particle theory, introduce
waves and an electromagnetic wave theory of light, discover
the photon, and culminate in the wave-particle duality. The
book then goes on to develop the special theory of
relativity, showing how time dilation and length
contraction are consequences of the two simple principles
on which the theory is founded. An extensive chapter
derives the equation E = mc2 clearly from first
principles and then explores its consequences and the
misconceptions surrounding it. That most famous of issues
arising from special relativity - the aging of the twins -
is treated simply but compellingly.
Contents
- Preface;
- 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.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Cambridge University Press |
| Auteur(s) | Ralph Baierlein |
| Parution | 26/11/2001 |
| Nb. de pages | 330 |
| Format | 17,4 x 24,5 |
| Couverture | Relié |
| Poids | 736g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780521423236 |
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