Great Experiments in Physics: Firsthand Accounts from Galileo to EinsteinCourier Corporation, 01.01.1987 - 370 Seiten From Galileo's famous experiments in accelerated motion to Einstein's revolutionary theory of relativity, the experiments recorded here trace the evolution of modern physics from its beginnings to the mid-20th century. Brought together for the first time in one volume are important source readings on 25 epochal discoveries that changed man's understanding of the physical world. The accounts, written by the physicists who made them, include: |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Accelerated Motion | 13 |
Boyles Law Pressurevolume Relations in a Gas | 36 |
The Laws of Motion | 42 |
The Laws of Electric and Magnetic Force | 59 |
The Law of Gravitation | 75 |
The Interference of Light | 93 |
The Diffraction of Light | 108 |
The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat | 166 |
Electromagnetic Waves | 184 |
XRays | 198 |
Natural Radioactivity | 210 |
The Electron | 216 |
The Photoelectric Effect | 232 |
The Elementary Electric Charge | 238 |
Induced Transmutation | 250 |
Electromagnctism | 121 |
Electromagnetic Induction and Laws of Electrolysis | 128 |
Lenzs Law | 159 |
The Neutron | 266 |
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