Halliday, Resnick and Walker
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS 6/e Chapter Thirty Nine: Photons and Matter Waves |
Planck Curve
Dr. Alan J. Scott , Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Stout.
http://physics.uwstout.edu/staff/scott/ This animation describes the intensity of the Black Body Radiation as a function of wavelength. Watch the scale on the vertical axis. The relative size of the curves are drastically different at 1,000 C and 10,000 C. Dr. Scott has a collection of animations called On-line Animations of Time Evolving Physical Systems. |
Optics Highlights:An Anecdotal History of Optics from Aristophanes to Zernike By L.S. Taylor, Electrical Engineering Dept., University of Maryland. http://www.ece.umd.edu/~taylor/optics.htm This site is an Anecdotal History of Optics ranging from ancient history through the telescope, wave optics and ending with some roots of modern optical systems. The gallery contains a list of various scientists involved in research on optics with vignettes and pictures. |