Description

Overview:

This type of physics course can easily seem to the student like a random grab-bag of topics, consisting of everything that didn’t fit in the earlier semesters on mechanics and electromagnetism. But there is a clear organizing principle for most of what we’ll be studying. It has to do with two surprising facts about time. In particular, one of these facts leads us to the conclusion that light and matter can’t really be made of particles, as envisioned by Isaac Newton’s grand vision of the universe — they must be made of waves.

Subject:

Physics

Level:

Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Textbook

Author:

Benjamin Crowell

Provider:

Light and Matter

Date Added:

12/07/2022