Hippolyte Fizeau : physicist of the light /

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The French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau was the first to have directly measured the velocity of light in 1849. He discovered the shift in wavelength produced by the relative velocity of a light or sound source and an observer independently from Doppler. But it is not generally known that he was also a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lequeux, James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, [2020]
Colección:Science & history.
Temas:
Fizeau, H. > (Hippolyte), > 1819-1896.
Fizeau, H. > (Hippolyte), > 1819-1896
Physicians > France > Biography.
Physicians
France
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 The beginning of a scientific life
  • Chapter 2 A fruitful collaboration
  • Chapter 3 The Doppler-Fizeau effect
  • Chapter 4. The velocity of light and electricity
  • Chapter 5. The "crucial experiment": the velocity of light in air and water
  • Chapter 6. The drag of æther
  • Chapter 7. The diameter of stars
  • Chapter 8. A highly esteemed scientist
  • Appendix 1. Genealogy of Fizeau and his wife
  • Appendix 2. Chronology
  • Appendix 3. Correspondence Fizeau-Foucault
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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