| Title | : | Feynman Lectures Simplified 1C: Special Relativity and the Physics of Light |
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| Author | : | Robert Piccioni |
| Release | : | 2017-04-25 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Physics, Books, Science & Nature |
| Size | : | 1835384 |
| Feynman Simplified gives mere mortals access to the fabled Feynman Lectures on Physics. As a Caltech undergraduate, I had the amazing opportunity to learn physics directly from the greatest scientist of our age. I absorbed all I could. His style and enthusiasm were as important as the facts and equations. Feynman Simplified 1C covers about a quarter of Volume 1, the freshman course, of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The topics we explore include: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity •The Principle of Relativity •What Motivated Special Relativity? •The Lorentz Transformation •Length Contraction & Time Dilation •E=mc2 & Simultaneity •Light Cones & Causality •Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Philosophy The Physics of Light, including: •Geometric Optics •The Principle of Least Time •Interference & Diffraction •Feynman Sum Over Histories •Refraction & Polarization •Electromagnetic Radiation •Light Scattering •Relativistic Effects on Light This book assumes an understanding of the material in Feynman Simplified 1A: Basic Physics. It is however, largely independent of the material in Feynman Simplified 1B. |
