Index

aberration, 796
chromatic, 809
absolute zero, 75
absorption, 767, 898
of waves, 374
acceleration, 67
adiabatic, 343
alchemy, 15, 474
alpha decay, 511
nature of emitted particle, 497
alpha particle,seealpha decay
ammeter, 534
Amp`ere’s law, 700
ampere (unit), 531
amplitude, 116
analytic addition of vectors, 203
anamorph, 842
angular acceleration, 272
angular frequency, 118
angular magnification, 784
angular momentum, 253
and the uncertainty principle, 921
in three dimensions, 921
of a particle in two dimensions, 254
of light, 254, 733
quantization of, 919
angular velocity, 271
antielectron, 513
antimatter, 513
Archimedean spiral, 758
Archimedes’ principle, 85, 207
area
operational definition, 34
scaling of, 35
Aristotle, 192
asteroid, 193
astrology, 15
atom, 480
raisin-cookie model of, 492
atomic number
defined, 501
Atomism, 480
atoms, 66, 68
helium, 937

lithium, 938

sodium, 939

with many electrons, 937

averages, 859

rule for calculating, 859

Avogadro’s number, 319

Bacon, Francis, 19

ballast, 621

Balmer, Johann, 928

basis for a vector space, 965

basis of a vector space, 965

Bernoulli, Johann, 93

beta decay, 512

nature of emitted particle, 497

beta particle,seebeta decay

Big Bang, 69, 108

and the arrow of time, 337

described in general relativity, 453

evidence for, 370

binding energy

nuclear, 516

Biot-Savart law, 698

black hole, 325, 434, 450

event horizon, 450

formation, 452

information paradox, 451

singularity, 452

Bohr

Niels, 814

Bohr, Niels, 929

Boltzmann’s constant, 319

bottomonium, 949

bound states, 897

box

particle in a, 897

brachistochrone, 94

brightness of light, 769

Brownian motion, 484

buoyancy, 85, 207

calorie

unit, 80

capacitor, 611