Albert Einstein & Modern Physics

Albert Einstein sculpture, Washington, D.C.

Handouts (Word Documents)

• Physics Before Einstein
  
• Wave Theory & Thermodynamics
  
• Thomas Young & the Double-Slit Experiment
  
• Thermodynamics
  
• Conservation of Energy
  
• Twentieth-Century Physics
  
• Introduction Kernels of the Universe (1927)
  
• Waves & the Transfer of Radiant Energy (1927)
  
• The Quantum Theory & The Bohr Hydrogen Atom (1927)
  
• Special Relativity (1999)
  
• Einstein's "Miracle Year" (1996)
  
• The Special Theory of Relativity (2004)
  
• The Eclipse of Isaac Newton: Eddington's 'proof' of general relativity (2002)
  
• Einstein Revealed (NOVA): Timeline & Study Guide
  
• The Making of the Modern Mind (1926)
  
• Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia (1927)