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Einstein’s early theory, 838energy of, 841in three dimensions, 849spin of, 889physics, 16pillboxGaussian, 627pilot wave hypothesis, 846Planck’s constant, 841Planck, Max, 841polarization, 699Pope, 36Porro prism, 804positron, 416, 493positron decay, 493Pound-Rebka experiment, 428power, 80electrical, 516Poynting vector, 725praxinoscope, 749pressure, 298as a function of depth, 204defined, 204prismPorro, 804probabilitiesaddition of, 825normalization of, 825probability distributionsaverages of, 828widths of, 828probability distributions, 827probability interpretation, 846protein molecules, 877protonspin of, 889Pythagoras, 734quality factor, 176quantization, 465of mass, 69quantum dot, 859quantum moat, 878quantum numbers, 881quantum physics, 822quark, 902radar, 836radiation hormesis, 501radio, 836radio waves, 16raisin cookie model, 472r<strong>and</strong>omness, 822ray diagrams, 741ray model of light, 739, 786RC circuit, 601RC time constant, 601reactionschemical, 68nuclear, 68reductionism, 19reflectiondiffuse, 738of waves, 360specular, 742reflectionsinverted <strong>and</strong> uninverted, 362refraction<strong>and</strong> color, 775defined, 770relativityGalilean, 62, 191general, 423Renaissance, 13repetition of diffracting objects, 790resistancedefined, 520in parallel, 533in series, 537resistivitydefined, 539resistor, 525resistorsin parallel, 534retina, 753reversibility, 744RHIC accelerator, 393RL circuit, 601RMS (root mean square), 612Roemer, 736root mean square, 612rotational invariance, 190RussellBertr<strong>and</strong>, 822RutherfordErnest, 821974 Index

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