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Michelson and the speed of light / Bernard Jaffe.
LIBRA QC16.M56 J3 1979
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaffe, Bernard, 1896-1986.
- Series:
- Science study series ; S13.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931.
- Michelson, Albert A.
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Light--Speed.
- History.
- United States.
- Optics--History.
- Optics.
- Light--Speed--History.
- Light.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1979.
- Summary:
- This is a biography of America's first Nobel Prize winner in science and an account of his researches. Michelson invented several important optical instruments and established the speed of light close to its present day measurement. He proved once and for all that space had no "ether," which for hundreds of years was considered necessary for the transmission of light waves. The author provides a clear explanation of Michelson's contributions to experimental physics--contributions to which many scientists, including Einstein, have acknowledged indebtedness.
- Notes:
- Reprint of the 1st ed. published by Anchor Books, Garden City, N.Y., which was issued as no. S13 of Science study series.
- "The more important of the 78 papers of Michelson; books by Michelson": p. 177-180.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313207771
- 9780313207778
- OCLC:
- 4492667
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