Module 7: The Nature of Light

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Classic View

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Light: Wave Model

Light: Quantum Model

Light and Special Relativity

Extension

Electromagnetic Spectrum

WAVES

Light Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

Prof. Steven Balbus, University of Oxford

EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE

What Light Can Tell Us: Spectra and Redshift

Dr Pete Edwards, Durham University

Light: Wave Model

WAVES

Diffraction

Prof. Steven Balbus, University of Oxford

WAVES

Wave Interference

Prof. Steven Balbus, University of Oxford

WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY

Classical Particles and Waves

Prof. Carla Faria, UCL

WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY

Wave-Particles

Prof. Carla Faria, UCL

WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY

The Optics Perspective

Prof. Carla Faria, UCL

OPTICS II

Polarisation: the Dog, the Mosquito, and Element 53

Prof. Charles Adams, Durham University

Light: Quantum Model

WAVES

Waves in Modern Physics

Prof. Steven Balbus, University of Oxford

OPTICS II

Quantum Aspects of Light

Prof. Charles Adams, Durham University

Light and Special Relativity

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL RELATIVITY

Einstein’s Postulates

Prof. David Griffiths, Reed College

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL RELATIVITY

The Relativity of Simultaneity

Prof. David Griffiths, Reed College

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL RELATIVITY

Length Contraction

Prof. David Griffiths, Reed College

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL RELATIVITY

Time Dilation

Prof. David Griffiths, Reed College

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL RELATIVITY

The Lorentz Transformations

Prof. David Griffiths, Reed College

THE INTERSECTION OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS

Relativity

Dr Graham Farmelo, University of Cambridge