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This book reveals the astonishing connection between modern science and one instrument: Michelson's Interferometer. It led to Einstein’s relativity and quantum mechanics, technologies like GPS and MRI, and the recent detection of gravitational waves from merging black holes.
This book develops an astonishing conceptual connection between many concepts in modern physical sciences and related technologies, all of which have their roots in the Interferometer, a spectroscopic instrument created by Albert Michelson in 1880. After describing the place of the Interferometer amongst other historic, technical inventions, the book discusses the Michelson-Morley experiment (the basis of Einstein’s relativity theories) and the fine details of atomic spectral lines observed by Michelson (the basis of quantum mechanics and Dirac’s relativistic equation). It then covers nuclear magnetic resonance and applications such as atomic clocks, Global Positioning Systems and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, all derived from Michelson’s discoveries. It also describes the recent detection, with a km-size Michelson’s Interferometer, of gravitational waves emitted by the merger of neutron star and black hole binaries.
This history documents the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eastern Europe. It compares their survival under different political systems, from dictatorships to modern Russia, where a renewed ban has returned Soviet-era conditions of repression.
They are Third Culture Kids. While their global lifestyle offers an expanded worldview, it brings recurring losses. In this collection, writers from around the world explore the search for identity, belonging, and a place to call “home.”
Under the guise of protection, Britain overran, plundered and disempowered the kingdom of Buganda. Based on newly de-classified records, this book reconstructs the machinations of British rule in Uganda, demonstrating how its colonial past shapes its future.
Highlighting pioneering and ground-breaking Egyptian women that the media have overlooked and ignored, this collection shatters the monolithic and unflattering stereotype of contemporary Egyptian women as victims, uneducated and uncivilized, dominated by men.
Selahattin Ülkümen, a Turkish diplomat, is the only Muslim designated “Righteous among the Nations” for saving 42 Jews from the Nazis at his own risk. The remarkable story of this hero is an important but little-known aspect of Holocaust history. This book fills that void.
This book combines the history of religions with Byzantine studies to analyze kings, symbols, and cities. It demonstrates how the ancient pagan ruler cult was gradually replaced by the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ, the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator).
This anthology examines artwork and sites in East and Southeast Asia through the lens of eco–art history, exploring the mutual impact of artistic expression and local environments. Case studies range from the Little Ice Age to contemporary responses to climate change.
This book examines the Pioneer Health Centre, a world-renowned experiment in health-creation. Forced to close in 1950, its ideas continue to inspire. It investigates why such initiatives struggle against a culture that values cure more than prevention.
This book frees women from the margins of Nigeria’s history, chronicling their resistance movements. From protests against colonial taxation to contemporary struggles against oil exploitation and mass abductions, it highlights the voice and agency of Nigerian women.
This book is an examination of the pivotal alliance between Taoiseach Eamon de Valera and Archbishop Daniel Mannix. It explores how their bond aided Ireland’s push for independence and why Mannix, once revered, became an isolated figure after 1925.
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