"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Some preliminary ideas -- 1. What is science; what is art? -- 1.1. The coherence of our experience -- 1.2. Truth in science -- 1.3. Operational definitions -- 1.4. Inspiration and perspiration -- 1.5. Criticism and self esteem -- 1.…
"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Energy and photography. 1. The nature of energy -- 1.1. Energy transfer2. Energy and exposure -- 2.1. Defining our terms -- 2.2. Tracing the energy from source to camera -- 2.3. The Jones-Condit equation3. Shutter speed and aperture…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. The physics of light detectors -- 1. Detectors and the characteristic curve -- 1.1. The physics of photons -- 1.2. Photoelectric detectors -- 1.3. Photochemical detectors -- 1.4. Basic photochemistry -- 1.5. The eye as a detector --…
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.3. Waves and diffraction -- 3.1. Mathematical description of a wave -- 3.2. Interference -- 3.3. Phasors -- 3.4. Diffraction from a finite slit -- 3.5. Diffraction from a finite slit : phasor treatment -- 3.6. Diffraction in two dimensions4. Fraunhofer diffraction -- 4.1. Fra…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Lasers. 1. The basic physics of lasers -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Optical spectra -- 1.3. Stimulated emission -- 1.4. Creating a population inversion -- 1.5. Laser modes and coherence -- 1.6. Problems2. Types of lasers I : convent…
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Author biography -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A simple model of nonlinear dielectrics3. Basic properties of photonic crystals -- 3.1. Plane wave method -- 3.2. Wannier function method -- 3.3. Computer simulation me…
"Version: 20250101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Supplementary reading -- 1.2. Aims and philosophy -- 1.3. Prerequisites -- 1.4. Conventions and notation2. Symmetries (discrete and continuous) -- 2.1. Beta decay -- 2.2. Parity violation in weak interactions -- 2.3. Parity violation in [beta]-decay -- 2.4. V-A formulation of the weak currents -- 2…
"Version: 20240801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Larmor formula and a classical description of Thomson scattering -- 1.2. Elements of special relativity : inertial frames and Lorentz transformations -- 1.3. Relativistic kinematics and dynamics -- 1.4. The relativistic kinematics of Compton scattering -- 1.5. The kinematics of inverse Compton …
"Version: 20241101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. An introduction to high-intensity lasers and nonlinear quantum electrodynamics -- 1.1. Evolution of laser technology and the associated intensities -- 1.2. Going deeper into the fundamental role of the laser strength parameter -- 1.3. The phenomenology of the interaction between electrons/matter and a high-intensity la…
"Version: 20240701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Brief history of the debate -- 1.1. The modern emergentists -- 1.2. Einstein, Pauli, and Schr?odinger -- 1.3. The return of emergence -- 1.4. Questioning the hierarchy -- 1.5. Weinberg and the response to P W Anderson -- 1.6. Universality and independence -- 1.7. Wheeler and the foundations of physics -- 1.8. Reductive…