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Course Description: Special Relativity: Propagation of Waves (sound, light in a medium) - Michelson-Morley Experiment, Galilean Transformations – Contradictions Arising from the Application of Galilean Transformations – Postulates of Einstein's Theory – Lorentz/Einstein Transformations – Phenomena: Length Contraction / Time Dilation / Mass Increase – Mass and Energy – Applications. Particle Nature of Electromagnetic Waves: Photoelectric Effect – Explanation of Blackbody Radiation (Rayleigh-Jeans Model, Planck's Model, Einstein's Model) – Compton Effect – X-rays. Wave Nature of Particles: de Broglie Hypothesis – Davisson-Germer Experiment – Electron Microscope – Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle – Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics. Atomic Structure: Atomic Properties – Thomson Model – Rutherford Model of the Atomic Nucleus – Alpha Particle Scattering on Gold Foil – Atomic Line Spectrum. Continuous Spectrum – Emission and Absorption Spectra – Hydrogen Spectrum – Bohr Model for Explaining the Hydrogen Spectrum – Sommerfeld Model – Franck-Hertz Experiment – Electron Spin.