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Simple Nature - Light and Matter

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partial, 216Descartes, René, 129, 187Dialogues Concerning the Two New Sciences,36diamagnetism, 713differential mode, 711diffractiondefined, 782double-slit, 786fringe, 783scaling of, 784single-slit, 791diffraction grating, 791diffuse reflection, 738digital camera, 837diopter, 761dipoleelectric, 564field of, 667magnetic, 652field of, 668dipole moment, 565dispersion, 779, 856dispersive waves, 353dissonance, 372divergence, 630DNA, 499Doppler effect, 354for light, 407in relativity, 359Doppler shiftgravitational, 427dot product, 212relativistic, 406double-slit diffraction, 786dualitywave-particle, 844dyne (unit), 915Eötvös, Rol<strong>and</strong>, 61EddingtonArthur, 822Einstein<strong>and</strong> r<strong>and</strong>omness, 822Einstein’s ring, 424Einstein, Albert, 821, 836<strong>and</strong> Brownian motion, 464electric currentdefined, 511electric dipole, 564field of, 667electric field, 563energy density of, 583related to voltage, 567electric forces, 455electrolytes, 529electromagnetic wave, 697momentum of, 428electronas a wave, 852spin of, 888wavefunction, 855electron capture, 493electron decay, 493electrostatic unit, 915emf, 686emission spectrum, 860Empedocles of Acragas, 734endoscope, 776energy, 73“free”, 73distinguished from force, 150equivalence to mass, 413heat, 74kinetic, 76light, 74quantization of for bound states, 859energy densityof electric field, 583of gravitational field, 587of magnetic field, 588, 665energy-momentum four vector, 418engineautomobile, 328Carnot, 310heat, 297Otto cycle, 328Enlightenment, 822entropymacroscopic definition, 312microscopic definition, 318equilibrium, 86metastable, 87neutral, 86redefined, 259stable, 86Index 969

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