Pohl's introduction to physics. Electrodynamics and optics / Volume 2, ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Electrodynamics and optics
• Further Information: Note: Klaus Lüders, Robert O. Pohl, editors.
• Editors: Lüders, Klaus; Pohl, Robert O
• Other Names: Brewer, William D translator.
• Contents: I Electricity and Magnetism.- The measurement of electric current and voltage.- The electric field.- Force and energy in electric fields.- The magnetic field.- Induction phenomena.- The relation between electric and magnetic fields.- How the fields depend on the frame of reference.- Forces in magnetic fields.- Applications of induction, in particular to generators and motors.- The inertia of the magnetic field. Alternating current.- Electrical oscillations.- Electromagnetic waves.- Matter in an electric field.- Matter in a magnetic field.- II Optics.- Introduction. Measuring the optical radiant power.- The simplest optical observations.- Image formation and light-beam boundaries.- Fundamental and technical details of image formation and beam limitation.- Radiation energy and beam limitation.- Interference.- Diffraction.- Optical spectrometers.- The velocity of light, and light in moving frames of reference.- Polarized light.- The relation between absorption, reflection and refraction of light.- Scattering.- Dispersion and absorption.- Thermal radiation.- Visual perception and photometry.-Solutions to the Exercises.
• Edition: 2nd English edition
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvii, 634 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530; Physics; Physics; Science -- Applied Sciences; Applied physics; Science -- Electricity; Optical physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319502694; 3319502697
• Related ISBNs: 9783319502670
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 15, 2018).
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