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Newton to Einstein: the Trail of Light : An Excursion to the Wave-Particle Duality and the Special Theory of Relativity

Newton to Einstein: the Trail of Light : An Excursion to the Wave-Particle Duality and the Special Theory of Relativity

Newton to Einstein: the Trail of Light : An Excursion to the Wave-Particle Duality and the Special Theory of Relativity Paperback - 2001

by Ralph Baierlein

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Cambridge University Press, 2001. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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This engaging 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 cover the behavior of light, Newton's particle theory, waves and an electromagnetic wave theory of light, the photon, and wave-particle duality. Baierlein goes on to develop the special theory of relativity, showing how time dilation and length contraction are consequences of the two simple principles underlying the theory. An extensive chapter derives the equation E = mc2 clearly from first principles and then explores its consequences.
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