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Selected Works of David D Nolte
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Available from Oxford University Press and Amazon
(2023)
  • David D Nolte
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Abstract
How do physicists do what they do? And why? What obstacles did they overcome? These are some of the questions about what it means to be a scientist pursuing science, explored in 10 chapters, set in the context of optical science.
 
1. Thomas Young Polymath
            The Law of Interference
2. The Fresnel Connection
            Particles versus Waves
3. At Light Speed
            The Birth of Interferometry
4. After the Gold Rush
            The Trials of Albert Michelson
5. Stellar Interference
            Measuring the Stars
6. Across the Universe
            Exoplanets, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
7. Two Faces of Microscopy
            Diffraction and Interference
8. Holographic Dreams of Princess Leia
            Crossing Beams
9. Photon Interference
            The Foundation of Quantum Communication
10. The Quantum Advantage
            Interferometric Computing
Keywords
  • Interferometry,
  • History of Physics,
  • History of Optics,
  • Albert Michelson,
  • Thomas Young,
  • Francois Arago,
  • LIGO,
  • Exoplanets
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Publication Date
2023
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
9780192869760
Citation Information
David D Nolte. Available from Oxford University Press and Amazon. Oxford(2023)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ddnolte/56/