CHAPTER 14: LIGHT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xxix
4. CHAPTER 1: THE LANGUAGE OF PHYSICS 1
5. CHAPTER 2: REPRESENTING AND ANALYZING DATA 25
6. CHAPTER 3: CAPTURING, DISPLAYING, AND ANALYZING MOTION 41
7. CHAPTER 4: FORCES AND EQUILIBRIUM 55
8. CHAPTER 5: NEWTONIAN MECHANICS 79
9. CHAPTER 6: FLUIDS 111
10. CHAPTER 7: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 137
11. CHAPTER 8: THERMAL PHYSICS 155
12. CHAPTER 9: GASES 169
13. CHAPTER 10: STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS AND THE SECOND LAW 199
14. CHAPTER 11: OSCILLATIONS 219
15. CHAPTER 12: ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS 235
16. CHAPTER 13: WAVES 263
17. CHAPTER 14: LIGHT 285
18. CHAPTER 15: SUPERPOSITION EFFECTS 311
19. CHAPTER 16: SOUND 339
20. CHAPTER 17: ELECTRIC CHARGE AND ELECTRIC FIELDS 349
21. CHAPTER 18: DC ELECTRIC CIRCUITS 373
22. CHAPTER 19: CAPACITANCE 403
23. CHAPTER 20: MAGNETIC FIELDS 417
24. CHAPTER 21: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION 437
25. CHAPTER 22: AC 463
26. CHAPTER 23: THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD 483
27. CHAPTER 24: SPECIAL RELATIVITY 513
28. CHAPTER 25: ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND RADIOACTIVITY 537
29. CHAPTER 26: NUCLEAR PHYSICS 567
30. CHAPTER 27: QUANTUM THEORY 597
31. CHAPTER 28: ASTROPHYSICS 639
32. CHAPTER 29: MEDICAL PHYSICS 655
33. APPENDIX A: ESTIMATIONS AND FERMI QUESTIONS 671
34. APPENDIX B: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS 683
35. APPENDIX C: UNITS, CONSTANTS, AND EQUATIONS 693
36. APPENDIX D: SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES 711
37. GLOSSARY 737
38. INDEX 763