Modern Physics: A General Survey of Its Principles

ISBN-13: 9781138555693 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 484 str.

Theodor Wulf

Opis

In the present book those results of physical research which are of importance for an understanding of nature have been compiled in a short and, in so far as the author was capable, popular presentation. The whole can be arranged in four sections. The first section concerns bodies as they appear to us and as we perceive them directly by means of our eyes. By further research we have learnt that these bodies are built out of very small particles which we call atoms. Even though these atoms cannot be seen directly with the eye, yet we still have quite certain proofs of their existence and of many of their properties. The whole of our knowledge concerning the atomic structure of matter has been discussed in the second section. The work of the last few decades has allowed us to penetrate still further into the inner structure of matter. The structure of the atom itself is examined in the third section. Finally, there exists a whole series of phenomena, which have been explained on the assumption that, in addition to ponderable matters, there is something still else which fills all interstellar space, a medium which is called the aether. The phenomena which take place in this medium are discussed in the last section of the book.

Spis treści

Introduction PART I: THE MATERIAL WORLD 1. Fundamental Ideas Concerning Motion 2. The Motion of Bodies 3. Gravity and Gravitational Fields of Force 4. Elasticity 5. Impact 6. Waves 7. Acoustics PART II: THE ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF MATTER 1. The Classification of the Elements 2. The Gaseous State of Aggregation 3. The Fluid State 4. The Solid State 5. Temperature 6. Specific Heat 7. Heat and the Various States of Aggregation 8. The Laws of Thermodynamics 9. The Atom PART III: THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM Introduction 1. Magnetism 2. Electrostatics 3. The Electric Current 4. Electromagnetics 5. Electrolysis 6. Ions and Electrons 7. Radioactivity 8. Electromagnetic Waves 9. The Structure of the Atom PART IV: THE PHYSICS OF THE AETHER Introduction 1. The Undisturbed Propagation of Waves in the Aether 2. The Disturbed Propagation of Life 3. Interference and Diffraction 4. The Polarization of Light 5. Light and Colour 6. The Aether 7. The Aims of Modern Physics

O autorze

Theodor Wulf