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Introduction
1.1 The Propagation of Light
1.2 The Law of Reflection
1.3 Refraction
Total Internal Reflection
Samuel J. Ling; Jeff Sanny; and William Moebs
Dispersion
Huygens’s Principle
Polarization
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Images Formed by Plane Mirrors
Spherical Mirrors
Images Formed by Refraction
Thin Lenses
The Eye
The Camera
The Simple Magnifier
Microscopes and Telescopes
Young’s Double-Slit Interference
Mathematics of Interference
Multiple-Slit Interference
Interference in Thin Films
The Michelson Interferometer
Single-Slit Diffraction
Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction
Double-Slit Diffraction
Diffraction Gratings
Circular Apertures and Resolution
X-Ray Diffraction
Holography
Invariance of Physical Laws
Relativity of Simultaneity
Time Dilation
Length Contraction
The Lorentz Transformation
Relativistic Velocity Transformation
Doppler Effect for Light
Relativistic Momentum
Relativistic Energy
Blackbody Radiation
Photoelectric Effect
The Compton Effect
Bohr’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom
De Broglie’s Matter Waves
Wave-Particle Duality
Wave Functions
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
The Schrӧdinger Equation
The Quantum Particle in a Box
The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
The Quantum Tunneling of Particles through Potential Barriers
The Hydrogen Atom
Orbital Magnetic Dipole Moment of the Electron
Electron Spin
The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table
Atomic Spectra and X-rays
Lasers
Types of Molecular Bonds
Molecular Spectra
Bonding in Crystalline Solids
Free Electron Model of Metals
Band Theory of Solids
Semiconductors and Doping
Semiconductor Devices
Superconductivity
Properties of Nuclei
Nuclear Binding Energy
Radioactive Decay
Nuclear Reactions
Fission
Nuclear Fusion
Medical Applications and Biological Effects of Nuclear Radiation
Introduction to Particle Physics
Particle Conservation Laws
Quarks
Particle Accelerators and Detectors
The Standard Model
The Big Bang
Evolution of the Early Universe
Units
Conversion Factors
Fundamental Constants
Astronomical Data
Mathematical Formulas
Chemistry
The Greek Alphabet
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