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Simple Nature - Light and Matter

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generator, 598, 687geothermal vents, 821Germer, L., 852GFI, 661goiters, 829gradient, 216graphical addition of vectors, 199gravitational field, 82, 559, 560energy density of, 587gravitational time dilation, 427gravitational waves, 562Gravity Probe B, 424ground fault interrupter, 661group velocity, 857half-life, 829Halley’s comet, 133h<strong>and</strong>edness, 659harmonics, 372Hawking radiation, 315Hawking singularity theorem, 434Hawking, Stephen, 434heat, 74compared to temperature, 74compared to thermal energy, 75heat capacityat constant pressure, 331at constant volume, 331heat engine, 297HeisenbergWerner, 861Heisenberg uncertainty principle, 861in three dimensions, 879helium, 890Helmholtz resonator, 332HertzHeinrich, 703Hertz, Heinrich, 839Heinrich, 786Hiroshima, 500homogeneity of spacetime, 387Hooke, 454Hooke’s law, 169hormesis, 501Hubble, Edwin, 356Hugo, Victor, 453Hulse, R.A., 563Huygens’ principle, 785hydrogen atom, 880angular momentum in, 878classification of states, 877energies of states in, 883energy in, 878momentum in, 878quantum numbers, 880hysteresis, 715ideal gas law, 308imagesformed by curved mirrors, 751formed by plane mirrors, 748location of, 758of images, 753real, 752virtual, 748impedance, 607of an inductor, 609impedance matching, 613, 712incoherent light, 783independencestatistical, 823, 824independent probabilitieslaw of, 824index of refractiondefined, 772related to speed of light, 773inductancedefined, 591induction, 598inductor, 589inductance, 589inertial frame of reference, 63information paradox, 431inner product, 406insulatordefined, 520invariancerotational, 190Io, 736iodine, 829ion drive, 132isotopes, 488Ives-Stilwell experiment, 409JeansJames, 822joule (unit), 74Index 971

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