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Simple Nature - Light and Matter

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Indexaberration, 766chromatic, 779absolute zero, 75absorption, 737, 860of waves, 360acceleration, 67adiabatic, 332alchemy, 15, 454alpha decay, 491alpha particle, 477ammeter, 514ampere (unit), 511amplitude, 114analytic addition of vectors, 199anamorph, 810angular acceleration, 266angular frequency, 116angular magnification, 754angular momentum, 247<strong>and</strong> the uncertainty principle, 879in three dimensions, 879of a particle in two dimensions, 248of light, 248, 706quantization of, 878angular velocity, 265antielectron, 493antimatter, 493Archimedean spiral, 730Archimedes’ principle, 85, 203areaoperational definition, 34scaling of, 35Aristotle, 188asteroid, 189astrology, 15atom, 460raisin-cookie model of, 472atomic numberdefined, 481atoms, 65, 68helium, 890lithium, 891sodium, 892with many electrons, 890averages, 825rule for calculating, 825Avogadro’s number, 308Bacon, Francis, 19ballast, 599Balmer, Johann, 883Bernoulli, Johann, 93beta decay, 493beta particle, 477Big Bang, 68, 108<strong>and</strong> the arrow of time, 326described in general relativity, 433evidence for, 356binding energynuclear, 497Biot-Savart law, 670black hole, 315, 415, 430event horizon, 430formation, 432information paradox, 431singularity, 432BohrNiels, 784Bohr, Niels, 864, 883Boltzmann’s constant, 308bottomonium, 902bound states, 859boxparticle in a, 859brachistochrone, 94brightness of light, 739Brownian motion, 464buoyancy, 85, 203calorieunit, 80Cambridge, 845capacitor, 589capacitance, 589spherical, 585carbon-14 dating, 831Carnot engine, 310cat

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