field of, 694
magnetic field
defined, 678, 679
energy density of, 610, 691
magnetic monopoles, 683
magnification
angular, 784
by a converging mirror, 781
many-worlds approximation, 887
many-worlds interpretation,seemany-worlds
approximation
mass
conservation of, 56, 480
equivalence to energy, 433
gravitational, 57
inertial, 57
quantization of, 69
mass-energy
conservation of, 435
correspondence principle, 437
of a moving particle, 436
matter, 16
as a wave, 889
defined, 482
Maxwell’s equations, 722
for static fields, 703
in cgs units, 1027
in differential form, 1026
Maxwell, James Clerk, 816
mechanical system, 132
median, 863
mega- (metric prefix), 24
Mendeleev, Dmitri, 483
meter (unit), 56
metric system, 24, 56
prefixes, 24, 1068
Michelson-Morley experiment, 413
micro- (metric prefix), 24
microwaves, 16
milli- (metric prefix), 24
Millikan, Robert, 485
mirror
converging, 788
mks units, 25
molecules
nonexistence in classical physics, 889
mollusc, 800
momentdipole, 585
moment of inertia, 274
tabulated for various shapes, 281
momentum, 132, 133
compared to kinetic energy, 136
nonmechanical, 135
of light, 135, 448, 460, 730
relativistic, 429, 437
monopoles
magnetic, 683
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging),seeNMR,
seeNMRnaked singularity, 454
nano- (metric prefix), 24
natural units, 406
nautilus, 799
neutral (electrically), 477
neutral equilibrium, 86
neutron
discovery of, 140
spin of, 934
Newton
Isaac, 855
newton (unit), 149
Newton, Isaac, 94
alchemy, 473
definition of time, 26
Newtonian telescope, 783
particle theory of light, 815
Nichols-Hull experiment on momentum of light,
732
NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), 682, 990
no-cloning theorem, 1002, 1006
normal force, 156
normal operator, 982
normalization, 859
nuclear forces, 509, 686
nuclear reactions, 68
nucleus
discovery, 499Ohm’s law, 540
ohmic
defined, 540
op-amp, 617
open circuit, 534
operational amplifier (op-amp), 617
operational definitions, 241098 Index