Fundamentals of Physics, Part 4 (Chapters 34-38)

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Apr 2004

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Fundamentals of Physics, Part 4 (Chapters 34-38), by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, pp. 224. ISBN 0-471-42964-3.

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Chapter 33. Electromagnetic Waves.
Why can one rainbow or two rainbows be seen in the sky but never three rainbows?
33-1 What Is Physics?
33-2 Maxwell's Rainbow.
33-3 The Traveling Electromagnetic Wave, Qualitatively.
33-4 The Traveling Electromagnetic Wave, Quantitatively.
33-5 Energy Transport and the Poynting Vector.
33-6 Radiation Pressure.
33-7 Polarization.
33-8 Reflection and Refraction.
33-9 Total Internal Reflection.
33-10 Polarization by Reflection.
Review & Summary.
Questions.
Problems.
Chapter 34. Images.
What creates the illusion of hallways in a mirror maze?
34-1 What Is Physics?
34-2 Two Types of Images.
34-3 Plane Mirrors.
34-4 Spherical Mirrors.
34-5 Images from Spherical Mirrors.
34-6 Spherical Refracting Surfaces.
34-7 Thin Lenses.
34-8 Optical Instruments.
34-9 Three Proofs.
Review & Summary.
Questions.
Problems.
Chapter 35. Interference.
How do color-shifting inks on paper currency shift colors?
35-1 What Is Physics?
35-2 Light as a Wave.
35-3 Diffraction.
35-4 Young's Interference Experiment.
35-5 Coherence.
35-6 Intensity in Double-Slit Interference.
35-7 Interference from Thin Films.
35-8 Michelson's Interferometer.
Review & Summary.
Questions.
Problems.
Chapter 36. Diffraction.
How were variable displays on credit cards made bright and counterfeit-proof?
36-1 What Is Physics?
36-2 Diffraction and the Wave Theory of Light.
36-3 Diffraction by a Single Slit: Locating the Minima.
36-4 Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction, Qualitatively.
36-5 Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction, Quantitatively.
36-6 Diffraction by a Circular Aperture.
36-7 Diffraction by a Double Slit.
36-8 Diffraction Gratings.
36-9 Gratings: Dispersion and Resolving Power.
36-10 X-Ray Diffraction.
Review & Summary Questions.
Problems.
Chapter 37. Relativity.
How can we determine what lurks at the center of the galaxy M87, 50 million light-years away?
37-1 What Is Physics?
37-2 The Postulates.
37-3 Measuring an Event.
37-4 The Relativity of Simultaneity.
37-5 The Relativity of Time.
37-6 The Relativity of Length.
37-7 The Lorentz Transformation.
37-8 Some Consequences of the Lorentz Equations.
37-9 The Relativity of Velocities.
37-10 Doppler Effect for Light.
37-11 A New Look at Momentum.
37-12 A New Look at Energy.
Review & Summary.
Questions.
Problems.
Appendices.
A The International System of Units (SI).
B Some Fundamental Constants of Physics.
C Some Astronomical Data.
D Conversion Factors.
E Mathematical Formulas.
F Properties of the Elements.
G Periodic Table of the Elements.
Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems.
Index.

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