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The Quantum leap : photons and light particles
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Exploring the antithesis of the wave model, this album of eight computer-animated video segments looks at the particle approach to studying light. Black-body radiation, Planck's constant, the Photo...
Exploring the antithesis of the wave model, this album of eight computer-animated video segments looks at the particle approach to studying light. Black-body radiation, Planck's constant, the Photoelectric Effect, and the work of James Clerk Maxwell are presented as forerunners to Einstein's concept of photon frequency. Examples of a slope intercept graph and a revised double-slit experiment using light-sensitive paper segue to an illustration of the Compton Effect, establishing that light consists of a stream of particles. De Broglie's contributions introduce wave-particle duality-which some might consider a muddy solution, although it represents the best that current science can do.
Details
- Creator
- Northey Productions Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2007], c2006
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (46 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421361734
- OCLC
- ocn712800356
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Mar. 21, 2007.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- The Nature of Light: Competing Theories (8:06) -- Black-Body Radiation (6:27) -- The Quantum Leap (6:13) -- The Photoelectric Effect (5:35) -- The Photon (6:14) -- Wave Particle Duality (4:38) -- The Compton Effect (3:57) -- Matter Waves (4:21)