Physics for beginners/08-light

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  This is how white light gets refracted by a prism.
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  Red light diffracted by two slits (top) and by five slits (bottom)
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  Diffraction by a small circular hole
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  Computer simulation of diffraction by a rectangle. Remarkably, the height of the rectanglular hole is greater than its width.

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Each subpage is devoted to a chapter of Matthew Raspanti's original work. Click the image of the pdf file shown to the right to read the chapter.

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CONTENTS

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00-PREFACE..(pdf) 01-INTRODUCTION..(pdf) 02-HEAVENLY MOTIONS..(pdf) 03-LAWS OF MOTION ..(pdf) 04-ENERGY ..(pdf) 05-ATOMS AND MOLECULES ..(pdf) 06-PARTICLES IN MOTION ..(pdf) 07-WAVES ..(pdf) 08-LIGHT ..(pdf) 09-ELECTROMAGNETISM ..(pdf) 10-A PUZZLING INCONSISTENCY ..(pdf)

11-THE ELUSIVE ETHER ..(pdf) 12-SPECIAL RELATIVITY ..(pdf) 13-GENERAL RELATIVITY ..(pdf) 14-INSIDE THE ATOM ..(pdf) 15-THE QUANTUM LEAP ..(pdf) 16-QUANTUM MECHANICS ..(pdf) 17-QUANTUM INTERPRETATIONS ..(pdf) 18-FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES AND FORCES ..(pdf) 19-A COSMIC PERSPECTIVE ..(pdf) 20-POSTSCRIPT REFERENCES INDEX NOTES..(pdf)

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