Newton to Einstein
Subtitle: the trail of light : an excursion to the wave-particle duality and the special theory of relativity
By: Ralph Baierlein.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Wave-particle duality; Special relativity (Physics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How light behaves -- Newton's particle theory -- A wave theory of light -- Interference -- Electromagnetic waves -- The photon -- The wave-particle duality -- Does the speed of light depend on the motion of the source of light? -- The principles of the Special Theory of Relativity -- Time dilation and length contraction -- E=mc2 -- The twins -- The Lorentz transformations -- Space and time -- Glossary -- Appendices.