402 name index S Sheldon Sheldon, Eric 388 Shih, M. 373 Shulman, Polly 383 Siart, Uwe 389 Sichert, A.B. 374 Sidman, Eli 18, 389 Sierra, Bert 388 Silva, E.F. da 376 Simanek, Donald 276, 393 Simon Ohm, Georg life 67 Simon, Julia 388 Simon, M.D. 377 Simpson, N.B. 367 Singleton, D. 365 Singleton, Douglas 388 Sivardière, Jean 364 Slabber, André 388 Slepian, J. 364 Smirnov, B.M. 376 Smith, D.R. 372 Smith, David 372 Smith, S.P. 367 Smith, Warren J. 371 Smullyan, Raymond 286 Soffer, B.H. 373 Sokolovskii, B.Yu. 376 Solomatin, Vitaliy 388 Solov’yov, I.A. 362 Sommerfeld, Arnold 369 life 131 Song, D. 365 Song, K.-Y. 369 Song, X.D. 376 Soukoulis, C.M. 372 Sparenberg, A. 378 SPECS 149, 391 Spieker, H. 369 Spitzer, Manfred 380 Staff, National Research Council 375 Starr, A.F. 372 Stearns, Stephen C. 379 Stegeman, George 373 Steinberg, A.M. 369 Steinhaus 357 Steinle, F. 361 Stepanov, S. I. 376 Stepanov, S.I. 376 steppers, wafer 72 Stewart, A.M. 364 Stewart, I. 382 Stewart, Ian 383 Stewart, T. Dale 361 Stoney, George life 30 Story, Don 389 Strauch, F. 377 Streed, E.W. 374 Styer, D. 369 Stöcker, J. 368 Sun, X.L. 376 Sundar, V.C. 371 Surdin, Vladimir 374, 388 Swagten, Henk 378 Szczesny, Gerhard 384 Szilard, L. 381 Szilard, Leo 248 T Tanielian, M. 372 Tannhauser, David S. 370 Tarde, Gabriel life 282 Tarko, Vlad 388 Tarski, Alfred 383 Tauber, G.E. 376 Taylor, B.N. 386 Tegelaar, Paul 388 Terletskii, Y.P. 369 Tesla, Nikola life 54 Thaler, Jon 388 Thales of Miletus 16 Theodoricus Teutonicus de Vriberg 122 Thidé, Bo 79 Thierry, Paul 318 Thies, Ingo 388 Thober, D.S. 375 Thomas Aquinas 268 Thomson (Kelvin), William life 19 Thomson, Joseph John 31 Thévenaz, L. 369 Tiggelen, B. van 378 Time-Bandwidth 149, 391 Tolkien, John Ronald 252 Tomonaga 292 Torricelli, Evangelista life 302 Toschek, P.E. 377 Tournay, Michel 127, 391 Townsend, Paul 388 Trepel, Martin 380 Trevorrow, Andrew 389 Trompenaars, P.H.F. 374 Trower, W.P. 362 Trueba, J.L. 370 Tsagas, C.G. 379 Tsai, W.Y. 361 Tschira, Klaus 389 Tu, L.-C. 365 Tu, L.C. 370 Tuckermann, R. 376 Tuppen, Lawrence 388 Twain, Mark 281, 294, 314 Tweedie-Cullen, R.Y. 381 Tyler, R.H. 363 U Ucke, C. 353 Udem,Th. 366 Ueberholz, B. 377 Uguzzoni, Arnaldo 388 Uman, M.A. 376 Upright, Craig 388 USC Stevens Institute for Innovation 172, 392 Ustinov, Peter 87 V Vaiyaboon, Oat 15, 389 Valanju, A.P. 372 Valanju, P.M. 372 Valenzuela, A. 368 Valsiner, Jaan 380 Valsinger, Jaan 380 van der Pauw, J.L. 68 van Hemmen, Leo 191, 392 van Leeuwenhoek, Antoni life 157 Vanier, J. 386 Vannoni, Paul 388 Vasconcelos, E. Alpes de 376 Veasey, Nick 200, 392 Vergilius 310 Motion Mountain – The Adventure of Physics copyright © Christoph Schiller June 1990–November 2015 free pdf file available at www.motionmountain.net
name index 403 V Verne Verne, Jules 122 Veselago, V.G. 372 Veselago, Victor 160 Vigotsky, Lev 239, 380 Viswanath, R.N. 378 Vladimir, Maric 153, 391 Voit, A. 367 Volin, Leo 388 Vollmer, G. 381 Vollmer, M. 368 Volta, Alessandro life 56 Voltaire 307, 317, 361, 385 Voss, Herbert 389 Völz, Horst 371 W Waldhauser, F. 376 Walker, J. 368 Walser, R.M. 372 Walter, H. 377 Wang Juntao 318 Wang, L.J. 369 Warkentin, John 389 Washizu, M. 377 Watcher 185, 392 Weaver, J.C. 371 Wehner, R. 366 Weiland,Thomas 96, 389 Weinrebe, Gerhard 145, 391 Weiskopf, Daniel 114, 389 Weiss, Martha 388 Weisskopf, Victor life 317 Weissmüller, J. 378 Weitz, M. 366 Weizenbaum, Joseph 251 Weller, Roger 108, 390 Welzl, H. 381 Weninger, K. 378 Werf, S.Y. van der 374 Westhoff, Guido 191, 392 Westphal, V. 373 Wheatstone, Charles 31 Whewell, William 63 Whitehead, Alfred North 296 Wiechert, Johann Emil 31 Wien, Wilhelm life 144 Wierda, Gerben 388 Wierzbicka, Anna 258, 259, 279, 382, 388 Wigner, E.P. 364 Wigner, Eugene 273, 383 Wijk, Mike van 388 Wijngarden, R.J. 378 Wikell, Göran 383 WikiCommons 241, 352 Wikimedia 16, 29, 34, 36, 42, 60, 146, 163, 171, 174, 191, 202, 243, 246, 389–393 Wilczek, Frank 370 Wilde, Oscar 239, 298 Wiley-VCH 52, 390 Wilhelm Ritter, Johann 101 Wilk, S.R. 374 Willerding, E. 368 Williams, D.R. 373 Williams, David 187 Wiltschko, R. 362 Wiltschko, W. 362 Wineland, D.J. 377 Wippermann, F. 373 Wippermann, Frank 186, 392 Wise, N.W. 386 WITec 175 Witte, H. 370 Witteborn, F.C. 362 Wittgenstein, Ludwig 235, 256, 262, 272, 273, 277, 278, 287, 296, 298, 310, 384 Woerdman, J.P. 374, 375 Wolf, Emil 371 Wolf, R. 353 Wolfendale, A.W. 379 Wong, S. 369 Wood, B. 380 Wood, Robin 153, 391 Wright, B. 376 Wright, Joseph 389 Wu, C. 377 Wu, T.T. 364 Wynands, R. 377 Würschum, R. 378 X Xavier, A.L. 375 Xu Liangying 318 XXXX 186 Y Yablon, A.D. 371 Yamane, T. 367 Yang, C.N. 364 Yang, J. 363 Yazdani, A. 363 Ye, Jun 366 Young, A.T. 366, 368 Young, Andrew 123, 366, 368, 388, 391 Young,Thomas 100 life 99 Z Zaccone, Rick 389 Zalm, Peer 388 Zawischa, Dietrich 101, 390 Zecherle, Markus 388 Zedler, M. 372 Zedler, Michael 388, 391 Zeiger, Stefan 102, 390 Zeiss 174 Zeller, Eduard 385 Zermelo, Ernst life 263 Zernike, Frits 140 Zhang, J. 376 Zhu XiaoJin 127, 391 Zimmer, P. 378 Zurek, W.H. 381 Zurek, Wojciech 248 Zwart, S.T. de 374 Zweck, Josef 377 Zybin, K.P. 375 Motion Mountain – The Adventure of Physics copyright © Christoph Schiller June 1990–November 2015 free pdf file available at www.motionmountain.net
- Page 1:
ChristophSchiller MOTION MOUNTAIN t
- Page 4 and 5:
Editiovicesima octava. Proprietassc
- Page 6 and 7:
DieMenschenstärken,die Sachenklär
- Page 8 and 9:
8 preface PHYSICS: Describing motio
- Page 10 and 11:
10 preface Your donation to the cha
- Page 12 and 13:
12 contents Do we see what exists?
- Page 14 and 15:
Light, Charges and Brains Inourques
- Page 16 and 17:
16 1 electricity and fields F I G U
- Page 18 and 19:
18 1 electricityandfields F I G U R
- Page 20 and 21:
20 1 electricity and fields nylon r
- Page 22 and 23:
22 1 electricity and fields F I G U
- Page 24 and 25:
24 1 electricity and fields TA B L
- Page 26 and 27:
26 1 electricity and fields TA B L
- Page 28 and 29:
28 1 electricity and fields Challen
- Page 30 and 31:
30 1 electricity and fields If elec
- Page 32 and 33:
32 1 electricity and fields TA B L
- Page 34 and 35:
34 1 electricityandfields F I G U R
- Page 36 and 37:
36 1 electricity and fields F I G U
- Page 38 and 39:
38 1 electricity and fields TA B L
- Page 40 and 41:
40 1 electricity and fields F I G U
- Page 42 and 43:
42 1 electricity and fields Oersted
- Page 44 and 45:
44 1 electricity and fields Vol. IV
- Page 46 and 47:
46 1 electricity and fields Challen
- Page 48 and 49:
48 1 electricity and fields Ref. 24
- Page 50 and 51:
50 1 electricity and fields Page 21
- Page 52 and 53:
52 1 electricity and fields Ref. 29
- Page 54 and 55:
54 1 electricity and fields TA B L
- Page 56 and 57:
56 1 electricity and fields Challen
- Page 58 and 59:
58 1 electricity and fields Challen
- Page 60 and 61:
60 1 electricity and fields Challen
- Page 62 and 63:
62 1 electricity and fields F I G U
- Page 64 and 65:
64 1 electricity and fields battery
- Page 66 and 67:
66 1 electricity and fields Challen
- Page 68 and 69:
68 1 electricity and fields e πdU
- Page 70 and 71:
70 1 electricity and fields C 1 ins
- Page 72 and 73:
72 1 electricity and fields Challen
- Page 74 and 75:
Vol. IV, page 231 Chapter 2 THE DES
- Page 76 and 77:
76 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 78 and 79:
78 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 80 and 81:
80 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 82 and 83:
82 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 84 and 85:
84 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 86 and 87:
86 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 88 and 89:
88 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 90 and 91:
90 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 92 and 93:
92 2 the description of electromagn
- Page 94 and 95:
Chapter 3 WHAT IS LIGHT? Ref. 57 Pa
- Page 96 and 97:
96 3 what is light? Electric field
- Page 98 and 99:
98 3 what is light? spark transmitt
- Page 100 and 101:
100 3 what is light? Ref. 59 Page 1
- Page 102 and 103:
102 3 what is light? primary infrar
- Page 104 and 105:
104 3 what is light? Page 84 gases
- Page 106 and 107:
106 3 what is light? Fre - Waveleng
- Page 108 and 109:
108 3 what is light? Challenge 110
- Page 110 and 111:
110 3 what is light? incoming light
- Page 112 and 113:
112 3 what is light? Ref. 70 Challe
- Page 114 and 115:
114 3 what is light? F I G U R E 69
- Page 116 and 117:
116 3 what is light? light Ref. 72
- Page 118 and 119:
118 3 what is light? light Challeng
- Page 120 and 121:
120 3 what is light? momentumLis gi
- Page 122 and 123:
122 3 what is light? Ref. 80 Challe
- Page 124 and 125:
124 3 what is light? F I G U R E 78
- Page 126 and 127:
126 3 what is light? Ref. 87 Page 9
- Page 128 and 129:
128 3 what is light? F I G U R E 82
- Page 130 and 131:
130 3 what is light? v ph v So F I
- Page 132 and 133:
132 3 what is light? The forerunner
- Page 134 and 135:
134 3 what is light? vocabulary. On
- Page 136 and 137:
136 3 what is light? source beam sp
- Page 138 and 139:
138 3 what is light? B B Beam in A
- Page 140 and 141:
Chapter 4 IMAGES AND THE EYE - OPTI
- Page 142 and 143:
142 4 images and the eye - optics 2
- Page 144 and 145:
144 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 146 and 147:
146 4 images and the eye - optics R
- Page 148 and 149:
148 4 images and the eye - optics T
- Page 150 and 151:
150 4 images and the eye - optics s
- Page 152 and 153:
152 4 images and the eye - optics P
- Page 154 and 155:
154 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 156 and 157:
156 4 images and the eye - optics f
- Page 158 and 159:
158 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 160 and 161:
160 4 images and the eye - optics
- Page 162 and 163:
162 4 images and the eye - optics R
- Page 164 and 165:
164 4 images and the eye - optics P
- Page 166 and 167:
166 4 images and the eye - optics b
- Page 168 and 169:
168 4 imagesandthe eye-optics F I G
- Page 170 and 171:
170 4 images and the eye - optics F
- Page 172 and 173:
172 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 174 and 175:
174 4 images and the eye - optics F
- Page 176 and 177:
176 4 images and the eye - optics X
- Page 178 and 179:
178 4 images and the eye - optics F
- Page 180 and 181:
180 4 images and the eye - optics R
- Page 182 and 183:
182 4 imagesandthe eye-optics F I G
- Page 184 and 185:
184 4 images and the eye - optics R
- Page 186 and 187:
186 4 images and the eye - optics F
- Page 188 and 189:
188 4 images and the eye - optics g
- Page 190 and 191:
190 4 images and the eye - optics G
- Page 192 and 193:
192 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 194 and 195:
194 4 images and the eye - optics R
- Page 196 and 197:
196 4 images and the eye - optics T
- Page 198 and 199:
198 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 200 and 201:
200 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 202 and 203:
202 4 images and the eye - optics C
- Page 204 and 205:
Chapter 5 ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS R
- Page 206 and 207:
206 5 electromagneticeffects graupe
- Page 208 and 209:
208 5 electromagnetic effects Ref.
- Page 210 and 211:
210 5 electromagnetic effects Ref.
- Page 212 and 213:
212 5 electromagnetic effects Ref.
- Page 214 and 215:
214 5 electromagnetic effects F I G
- Page 216 and 217:
216 5 electromagnetic effects TA B
- Page 218 and 219:
218 5 electromagnetic effects TA B
- Page 220 and 221:
220 5 electromagnetic effects TA B
- Page 222 and 223:
222 5 electromagnetic effects TA B
- Page 224 and 225:
224 5 electromagnetic effects Ref.
- Page 226 and 227:
226 5 electromagnetic effects Chall
- Page 228 and 229:
228 5 electromagnetic effects The t
- Page 230 and 231:
230 6 classical electrodynamics Pag
- Page 232 and 233:
232 6 classical electrodynamics Cha
- Page 234 and 235:
234 6 classical electrodynamics Cha
- Page 236 and 237:
236 7 the story of the brain F I G
- Page 238 and 239:
238 7 the story of the brain Vol. V
- Page 240 and 241:
240 7 the story of the brain TA B L
- Page 242 and 243:
242 7 the story of the brain consci
- Page 244 and 245:
244 7 the story of the brain Ref. 2
- Page 246 and 247:
246 7 the story of the brain F I G
- Page 248 and 249:
248 7 the story of the brain Vol. I
- Page 250 and 251:
250 7 the story of the brain Ref. 2
- Page 252 and 253:
252 7 the story of the brain Ref. 2
- Page 254 and 255:
254 7 the story of the brain ∗∗
- Page 256 and 257:
Chapter 8 THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE Ref.
- Page 258 and 259:
258 8 thought and language Challeng
- Page 260 and 261:
260 8 thought and language Vol. VI,
- Page 262 and 263:
262 8 thought and language F I G U
- Page 264 and 265:
264 8 thought and language Challeng
- Page 266 and 267:
266 8 thought and language Ref. 241
- Page 268 and 269:
268 8 thought and language Vol. IV,
- Page 270 and 271:
270 8 thought and language . . 0 1
- Page 272 and 273:
272 8 thought and language Ref. 251
- Page 274 and 275:
274 8 thought and language ⊳ Ever
- Page 276 and 277:
276 8 thought and language F I G U
- Page 278 and 279:
278 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 280 and 281:
280 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 282 and 283:
282 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 284 and 285:
284 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 286 and 287:
286 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 288 and 289:
288 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 290 and 291:
290 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 292 and 293:
292 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 294 and 295:
294 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 296 and 297:
296 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 298 and 299:
298 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 300 and 301:
300 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 302 and 303:
302 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 304 and 305:
304 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 306 and 307:
306 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 308 and 309:
308 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 310 and 311:
310 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 312 and 313:
312 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 314 and 315:
314 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 316 and 317:
316 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 318 and 319:
318 9 concepts, lies and patterns o
- Page 320 and 321:
Chapter 10 CLASSICAL PHYSICS IN A N
- Page 322 and 323:
322 10 classical physics in a nutsh
- Page 324 and 325:
324 10 classical physics in a nutsh
- Page 326 and 327:
326 10 classical physics in a nutsh
- Page 328 and 329:
328 a units, measurements and const
- Page 330 and 331:
330 a units, measurements and const
- Page 332 and 333:
332 a units, measurements and const
- Page 334 and 335:
334 a units, measurements and const
- Page 336 and 337:
336 a units, measurements and const
- Page 338 and 339:
338 a units, measurements and const
- Page 340 and 341:
340 a units, measurements and const
- Page 342 and 343:
342 challenge hints and solutions n
- Page 344 and 345:
344 challenge hints and solutions R
- Page 346 and 347:
346 challenge hints and solutions P
- Page 348 and 349:
348 challenge hints and solutions v
- Page 350 and 351:
350 challenge hints and solutions b
- Page 352 and 353: 352 challenge hints and solutions f
- Page 354 and 355: 354 challenge hints and solutions o
- Page 356 and 357: 356 challenge hints and solutions 4
- Page 358 and 359: 358 challenge hints and solutions C
- Page 360 and 361: 360 challenge hints and solutions V
- Page 362 and 363: 362 bibliography 10 Thiseffect hasf
- Page 364 and 365: 364 bibliography 37 A discussionof
- Page 366 and 367: 366 bibliography M.B. van der Mark
- Page 368 and 369: 368 bibliography Vol. I, page 96 19
- Page 370 and 371: 370 bibliography S.W. McCuskey, F.C
- Page 372 and 373: 372 bibliography 119 A complete lis
- Page 374 and 375: 374 bibliography F I G U R E 178 Th
- Page 376 and 377: 376 bibliography in unserer Zeit33,
- Page 378 and 379: 378 bibliography private communicat
- Page 380 and 381: 380 bibliography success of structu
- Page 382 and 383: 382 bibliography Vol. IV, page 135
- Page 384 and 385: 384 bibliography and 304. 260 For a
- Page 386 and 387: 386 bibliography Springer, 1996. wh
- Page 388 and 389: CREDITS Acknowledgements Many peopl
- Page 390 and 391: 390 credits tute of Molecular Patho
- Page 392 and 393: 392 credits scientific_photos.htm.O
- Page 394 and 395: NAME INDEX A Abbott A Abbott,T.A.37
- Page 396 and 397: 396 name index D Democritus Democri
- Page 398 and 399: 398 name index H Holmes Holmes, C.D
- Page 400 and 401: 400 name index M Mohr Mohr, P.J. 38
- Page 404 and 405: 404 name index Z Zybin Motion Mount
- Page 406 and 407: 406 subject index A units 328 Aplys
- Page 408 and 409: 408 subject index C classical class
- Page 410 and 411: 410 subject index E Earth Earth age
- Page 412 and 413: 412 subject index F finite finite 2
- Page 414 and 415: 414 subject index I infrared photog
- Page 416 and 417: 416 subject index L Lorentz Lorentz
- Page 418 and 419: 418 subject index M motion motion a
- Page 420 and 421: 420 subject index P physiologists p
- Page 422 and 423: 422 subject index S Scarabeus Scara
- Page 424 and 425: 424 subject index T table d’Unit
- Page 426: 426 subject index W Wien’s Wien