Hutchinson Trends in Science: Physics -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Overview: physics in the 20th century -- 1900 crisis in physics -- time, space, and gravity -- radiation -- deeper into the atom -- quantum physics -- the framework of matter -- particles, forces, and radiation -- energy from atoms -- physics and cosmology -- physics in the 21st century -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta (1908-1995) -- Anderson, Carl David (1905-1991) -- Bardeen, John (1908-1991) -- Bednorz, Johannes Georg (1950- ) -- Bell Burnell, (Susan) Jocelyn (1943- ) -- life -- the discovery of pulsars -- Bohr, Niels Henrik David (1885-1962) -- quantum theory and atomic structure -- the liquid-droplet model -- Born, Max (1882-1970) -- Bragg, (William) Lawrence (1890-1971) -- Bragg, William Henry (1862-1942) -- Broglie, Louis Victor Pierre Raymond de (1892-1987) -- 7th duc de Broglie -- Chadwick, James (1891-1974) -- Cockcroft, John Douglas (1897-1967) -- Compton, Arthur H(olly) (1892-1962) -- Cooper, Leon Niels (1930- ) -- Curie, Marie (1867-1934) -- born Maria Sklodowska -- Davisson, Clinton Joseph (1881-1958) -- Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984) -- Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) -- Brownian motion -- the photoelectric effect and the Nobel Prize -- the speed of light and the special theory of relativity -- gravity and the general theory of relativity -- Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954) -- neutron bombardment and the Nobel Prize -- nuclear reactors and the atomic bomb -- beta decay and the neutrino -- Feynman, Richard P(hillips) (1918-1988) -- Frisch, Otto Robert (1904-1979) -- Gabor, Dennis (1900-1979) -- Gamow, George (1904-1968) -- born Georgi Antonovich Gamow -- life -- radioactive decay -- hot Big Bang -- DNA -- Geiger, Hans (Wilhelm) (1882-1945) -- Gell-Mann, Murray (1929- ) -- Glashow, Sheldon Lee (1932- ) -- Hahn, Otto (1879-1968).

Hawking, Stephen (William) (1942- ) -- Heisenberg, Werner (Karl) (1901-1976) -- Higgs, Peter Ware (1929- ) -- Kapitza, Peter Leonidovich (1894-1984) -- also known as Pyotr Kapitsa -- Lawrence, Ernest O(rlando) (1901-1958) -- Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon (1853-1928) -- Meitner, Lise (1878-1968) -- life -- research -- Moseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys (1887-1915) -- Müller, K Alexander (1927- ) -- Oppenheimer, J(ulius) Robert (1904-1967) -- Pauli, Wolfgang (1900-1958) -- Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858-1947) -- Röntgen (or Roentgen), Wilhelm Konrad (1845-1923) -- Rutherford, Ernest (1871-1937) -- 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson -- Salam, Abdus (1926-1996) -- Schrieffer, John Robert (1931- ) -- Schrödinger, Erwin (1887-1961) -- Schwinger, Julian Seymour (1918-1994) -- Segrè, Emilio Gino (1905-1989) -- Shockley, William Bradford (1910-1989) -- Szilard, Leo (1898-1964) -- Thomson, J(oseph) J(ohn) (1856-1940) -- Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton (1903-1995) -- Wigner, Eugene P(aul) (1902-1995) -- Yukawa, Hideki (1907-1981) -- Zweig, George (1937- ) -- Web sites -- Accelerator Physics Group -- ALEPH Experiment -- Animated Holographer -- BBC Science -- Beam Me Up: Photons and Teleportation -- Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart -- Born, Max -- Colour Matters -- Contributions of 20th-Century Women to Physics -- Cryogenics -- De Broglie, Louis -- Doppler Effect -- Edward Teller Profile -- Einstein's Legacy -- Einstein: Still Right After All These Years -- Electricity and Magnetism -- Emilio Segrè Visual Archives -- EnergyEd -- Eric Weisstein's World of Physics -- Essay about Marie and Pierre Curie -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics -- Explanation of Temperature Related Theories -- ExploreScience.com -- Feynman, Richard Phillips -- Fibre Optic Chronology -- Free Fall and Air Resistance -- From Apples to Orbits: The Gravity Story -- Fusion -- GCSE Bitesize Physics.

Virtual Tour of Fermilab Exhibit -- Hawking, Stephen -- Heaviside, Oliver -- Heisenberg, Werner Karl -- History of Radar -- How Things Work -- Hunting of the Quark -- Internet Plasma Physics Experience -- Jeans, Sir James Hopwood -- Kaleidoscope Heaven -- Landau, Lev Davidovich -- Learn Physics Today -- Leo Szilard Home Page -- Life and Theories of Albert Einstein -- Look Inside the Atom -- Los Alamos -- Making Waves -- Maths and Physics Help Page -- Measurement Unit Converter -- NetScience: Physics -- Niels Bohr Institute History -- Nuclear Energy: Frequently Asked Questions -- Particle Adventure -- Particle Physics -- Pauli, Wolfgang -- Physics 2000 -- Physics-related Information -- Physics Zone -- Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig -- Plastics -- Quantum Age Begins -- Radiation and Radioactivity -- Radiation Reassessed -- Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad -- Sakharov, Andrei -- Schrödinger, Erwin -- Static Electricity -- Stephen Hawking's Universe -- Tesla, Nikola -- Glossary -- A -- aberration, optical -- aberration, optical -- absolute zero -- absorption -- absorption of gases by liquids -- absorption of gases by solids -- absorption of light and heat -- AC -- acceleration -- acceleration -- accelerator -- accelerator -- accumulator -- accumulator -- acoustics -- adiabatic -- adsorption -- Liquid films on liquids -- Gases and solids -- aerodynamics -- air -- subsonic speeds -- supersonic speeds -- hypersonic speeds -- afterimage -- alpha particle -- or alpha ray -- alternating current -- AC -- alternator -- ammeter -- ampere -- symbol A -- Ampère's rule -- amplifier -- amplitude modulation -- AM -- analogue signal -- analogue-to-digital converter -- ADC -- analogue-to-digital converter -- anemometer -- angle of declination -- angle of declination -- anion -- annihilation -- anode -- antimatter -- antiparticle -- apparent depth -- apparent depth.

Appleton layer -- or F-layer -- Archimedes' principle -- atmosphere -- symbol atm -- or standard atmosphere -- atmospheric pressure -- atom -- (Greek atomos 'undivided') -- atom, electronic structure -- atomic mass unit -- or dalton -- symbol u -- atomic number -- or proton number -- symbol Z -- atomic radiation -- atomic radiation -- atomic radiation -- atomic structure -- the nucleus -- electrons -- attraction and repulsion -- two Greek theories -- the conservation of matter -- Dalton's theory -- determining atomic weights -- Rutherford and Moseley -- Bohr -- Chadwick -- subatomic particles -- atomic structure -- background radiation -- barograph -- barometer -- barometer -- baryon -- becquerel -- symbol Bq -- beta decay -- beta particle -- or beta ray -- boiling point -- Boltzmann constant -- symbol k -- Bose-Einstein condensate -- BEC -- boson -- Boyle's law -- breeding -- bubble chamber -- buoyancy -- calorific value -- capacitance, electrical -- capacitor -- or condenser -- capillarity -- carburation -- Carnot cycle -- cathode -- cathode ray -- cathode-ray oscilloscope -- CRO -- cathode-ray oscilloscope -- cathode-ray tube -- CRT -- cation -- cell, electrical -- or voltaic cell or galvanic cell -- cell, electrical -- centre of mass -- centrifugal force -- centripetal force -- chain reaction -- change of state -- change of state -- Charles's law -- charm -- Cherenkov radiation -- choke coil -- circuit -- circuit -- circuit diagram -- cloud chamber -- cold fusion -- colour -- emitted light -- reflected light -- primary colours -- complementary colours -- classifying colours -- colour -- colour -- coma -- Compton effect -- concave lens -- condenser -- conduction, electrical -- conduction, heat -- conservation of momentum -- convection current -- convex lens -- cosmic radiation -- coulomb -- symbol C -- critical mass -- cryogenics -- cycle.

cyclotron -- DC -- decibel -- symbol dB -- density -- diffraction -- diffraction -- dioptre -- dip, magnetic -- dip -- dipole -- direct current -- DC -- distance ratio -- distance-time graph -- distance-time graph -- domain -- Doppler effect -- dynamics -- or kinetics -- dynamo -- dynamo -- earth -- echo -- eddy current -- efficiency -- elasticity -- E-layer -- formerly Kennelly-Heaviside layer -- electric charge -- electric current -- heating effect -- magnetic effect -- motor effect -- electric current -- electric field -- electricity -- electrical properties of solids -- current, charge, and energy -- conduction in liquids and gases -- electromagnetism -- generation of electricity -- history -- plug, three-pin -- electrode -- electrodynamics -- electromagnet -- electromagnetic field -- electromagnetic force -- electromagnetic induction -- Lenz's law -- Faraday's laws -- electromagnetic waves -- electromotive force -- emf -- electron -- electron gun -- electrons, delocalized -- electroscope -- electroscope -- electrostatics -- elementary particle -- emf -- energy -- energy sources -- energy types and transfer -- resources -- energy conservation and efficiency -- heat transfer -- E = mc2 -- engine -- engine -- engine -- entropy -- equilibrium -- evaporation -- exclusion principle -- expansion -- farad -- symbol F -- Faraday's laws -- Fermat's principle -- fermion -- ferromagnetism -- fibre optics -- field -- filter -- filter -- fission -- fixed point -- Fleming's rules -- Fleming's rules -- fluid mechanics -- fluorescence -- FM -- focal length -- or focal distance -- focal length -- focus -- or focal point -- force -- speed and distance -- velocity and acceleration -- forces and motion -- free fall and terminal velocity -- statics -- forces, fundamental -- frequency -- frequency modulation -- FM -- frequency modulation -- friction -- fuel cell.

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