Physics Matters

This is a collection of essays on physics topics. It is written as a textbook for non-physics science and arts students, at the undergraduate level. Topics covered include cellphone radiation, lasers, the twin paradox, and more.

Contents:

• Oscillations
• The Myth of Cell Phone Radiation
• What Einstein Meant When He Said "God Does Not Play Dice ..."
• Einstein as Armchair Detective — The Case of Stimulated Radiation
• Standards for Units
• The Twin Paradox in Relativity
• Robert Dicke and Atomic Physics
• The 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics — Laser Cooling and Trapping
• The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics — Bose–Einstein Condensation
• The 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics — Laser Physics
• The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics — Achievements in Optics That Have Changed Modern Life
• The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics — Manipulation of Single Particles

Readership: Non-physics undergraduates in both the sciences and the arts.