Beyond the Mechanical Universe: From Electricity to Modern Physics
Richard P. Olenick, Tom M. Apostol, David L. Goodstein · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1986
Preface 31. Beyond the mechanical universe 32. Static electricity 33. The electric field 34. Potential and capacitance 35. Voltage, energy and force 36. The electric battery 37. Electric circuits 38. Magnetism 39. The magnetic field 40. Vector fields and hydrodynamics 41. Electromagnetic induction 42. Alternating currents 43. Maxwell's equations 44. Optics 45. The Michelson-Morley experiment 46. The Lorentz transformation 47. Velocity and time 48. Mass, momentum, energy 49. Atoms 50. Particles and waves 51. Atoms to quarks 52. The quantum mechanical universe Appendix A. The international system of units Appendix B. Conversion factors Appendix C. The periodic table of the elements Appendix D. Astronomical data Appendix E. Physical constants Index.