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Facts of matter and light : ten physics experiments that shaped our understanding of nature / Christian Maes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maes, Christian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics--Experiments.
- Physics.
- Physics--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 175 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. The Winners Are
- Chapter 2. Free Fall
- Chapter 3. Electromagnetic and Optical Unification
- Chapter 4. Looking at Fluctuations
- Chapter 5. Quantization
- Chapter 6. Wave-like Nature
- Chapter 7. Finding Structure: Scattering and Fission
- Chapter 8. Light in the Universe and the Invariance of Proper Time
- Chapter 9. Dynamical Activity of the Vacuum
- Chapter 10. Phase Transitions
- Chapter 11. Nonlocality: Spooky Action at a Distance
- Chapter 12. Future Experiments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 25, 2023).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783031333347
- 3031333349
- Publisher Number:
- 99994373817
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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