Abstract

This Naval Academy Lecture, given at Annapolis on 11 May 1973 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the graduation of Albert A. Michelson, discusses the role of the first American Nobel Laureate in Physics in the development of relativity.

© 1973 Optical Society of America

Albert A. Michelson, Dean of American Optics—Life, Contributions to Science, and Influence on Modern-Day Physics

Jean M. Bennett, D. Theodore McAllister, and Georgia M. Cabe
Appl. Opt. 12(10) 2253-2279 (1973)

Motional Effects in Retardation Plates and Mode Locking in Ring Lasers

R. G. Newburgh
Appl. Opt. 12(1) 116-119 (1973)

Development of a Calorimetric Method for Making Precision Optical Absorption Measurements

D. A. Pinnow and T. C. Rich
Appl. Opt. 12(5) 984-992 (1973)

Role of geodesics in Schrödinger’s theory of color vision

Anil K. Jain
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63(8) 934-939 (1973)

Charles Fabry

Jean Lecomte, Albert Arnulf, and E. Vassy
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