Chapter 6: The Universality of Physical Law

Chapter 6 opening
Chapter sections:
  • 6.1 Determining the Size of Our Solar System
  • 6.2 Measuring the Speed of Light
  • 6.3 Weighing Earth with a Laboratory Balance: Measuring Big \(G\)
  • 6.4 The Conservation Laws
  • 6.5 Light is an Electromagnetic Wave
  • 6.6 Blackbody Radiation
  • 6.7 The Inverse Square Law of Light
  • 6.8 Heat as a Form of Energy
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Image: M83. [NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgement: W.\ Blair (STScI/Johns\ Hopkins University) and R.\ O’Connell (University of Virginia)]

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