Library — B


This page provides access to all physics articles covering topics that begin with the letter B.

  • Bernoulli’s Principle

    Bernoulli’s Principle is one of the central ideas in classical fluid mechanics and it helps us understand how pressure, speed and height are

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  • Brewster’s Angle

    Brewster’s angle is a fundamental concept in optics, describing the specific angle at which light, when incident on the interface between two media, becomes perfectly polarized upon reflection. This phenomenon, first described by the Scottish…

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  • Black Body Radiation

    Black body radiation is a cornerstone of modern physics, connecting the fields of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and quantum theory in a unique way. It refers to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by an idealized object that…

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  • Boltzmann Constant

    The Boltzmann constant is one of the most fundamental constants in physics, linking the microscopic world of atoms and molecules to the macroscopic quantities we can measure, such as temperature, pressure, and energy. At its…

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  • Brewster’s Law

    Brewster’s Law, first articulated by Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster in 1815, stands as a cornerstone of optical science, describing the exact circumstance under which light reflected from a transparent surface becomes entirely plane-polarized. When…

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