Beyond the mechanical universe : from electricity to modern physics
This 1987 book studies electricity and magnetism, their relation to each other, and to light, and shows how the problem of light led to the special theory of relativity. It moves to modern physics, where particles may behave like waves and vice versa and where some of the great verities of Newtonian physics appear less certain.
Print Book, English, 2007
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New York : Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007
xiv, 574 p. : il. ; 24 cm
9780521304306, 052130430X
913062753
Preface; 31. Beyond the mechanical universe; 32. Static electricity; 33. The electric field; 34. Potential and capacitance; 35. Voltage, energy and force; 36. The electric battery; 37. Electric circuits; 38. Magnetism; 39. The magnetic field; 40. Vector fields and hydrodynamics; 41. Electromagnetic induction; 42. Alternating currents; 43. Maxwell's equations; 44. Optics; 45. The Michelson-Morley experiment; 46. The Lorentz transformation; 47. Velocity and time; 48. Mass, momentum, energy; 49. Atoms; 50. Particles and waves; 51. Atoms to quarks; 52. The quantum mechanical universe; Appendix A. The international system of units; Appendix B. Conversion factors; Appendix C. The periodic table of the elements; Appendix D. Astronomical data; Appendix E. Physical constants; Index.