Newton to Einstein : the trail of light : an excursion to the wave-particle duality and the special theory of relativity / Ralph Baierlein.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.Description: xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0521411718
- 0521423236 (pbk.)
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- QC476.W38 B35 1992
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1 How light behaves 1 -- 2 Newton's particle theory 33 -- 3 A wave theory of light 59 -- 4 Interference 80 -- 5 Electromagnetic waves 106 -- 6 The photon 141 -- 7 The wave-particle duality 161 -- 8 Does the speed of light depend on the motion of the source of light? 176 -- 9 The principles of the Special Theory of Relativity 183 -- 10 Time dilation and length contraction 211 -- 11 E=mc[superscript 2] 236 -- 12 The twins 274 -- 13 The Lorentz transformations 285 -- 14 Space and time 302 -- Appendix A. Energy 310 -- Appendix B. The dependence of mass on speed 315 -- Appendix C. More about E=mc[superscript 2] 319.