Author | : James Clerk Maxwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Electric power |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Clerk Maxwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Electric power |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Clerk Maxwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : Electricity |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Clerk Maxwell |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-02-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0486174638 |
Albert Einstein characterized the work of James Clerk Maxwell as the "most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton." Max Planck went even further, declaring that "he achieved greatness unequalled," and Richard Feynman asserted that "From a long view of the history of mankind — seen from, say, ten thousand years from now — there can be little doubt that the most significant event of the nineteenth century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics." Maxwell made numerous other contributions to the advancement of science, but the greatest work of his life was devoted to electricity. An Elementary Treatise on Electricity appeared at a time when very few books on electrical measurements were available to students, and its compact treatment not only elucidates the theory of electricity but also serves to develop electrical ideas in readers' minds. The author describes experiments that demonstrate the principal facts relating an electric charge as a quantity capable of being measured, deductions from these facts, and the exhibition of electrical phenomena. This volume, published posthumously from Maxwell's lecture notes at the Cavendish Laboratory — which he founded at the University of Cambridge — is supplemented by a selection of articles from his landmark book, Electricity and Magnetism. A classic of science, this volume is an eminently suitable text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students.
Author | : Bruce J. Hunt |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780801482342 |
James Clerk Maxwell published the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism in 1873. At his death, six years later, his theory of the electromagnetic field was neither well understood nor widely accepted. By the mid-1890s, however, it was regarded as one of the most fundamental and fruitful of all physical theories. Bruce J. Hunt examines the joint work of a group of young British physicists--G. F. FitzGerald, Oliver Heaviside, and Oliver Lodge--along with a key German contributor, Heinrich Hertz. It was these "Maxwellians" who transformed the fertile but half-finished ideas presented in the Treatise into the concise and powerful system now known as "Maxwell's theory."
Author | : Howard J. Fisher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-04-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781888009453 |
Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism brought about what Einstein called "the greatest change in the axiomatic basis of physics since Newton." But Maxwell's aim was never to construct an axiomatic theory. Instead, the Treatise presents an argument which, beginning with the most characteristic electrical and magnetic phenomena, and interpreting them as manifestations of continuous fields of electric and magnetic energy, culminates in Maxwell's theory of light as a wave motion within those fields. The argument of the Treatise is not straightforwardly demonstrative but is a dialectical one that can be challenging to discern among the many topics presented. This book undertakes to extract and expound the principal path of Maxwell's dialectical thinking.
Author | : Joseph John Thomson |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781015592476 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Thomas K. Simpson |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780813523637 |
Reproduces major portions of Maxwell's classic papers on key concepts in modern physics, written between 1855 and 1864, along with commentaries, notes, and bandw diagrams. Includes a detailed biographical introduction exploring the personal, historical, and scientific context of his work. Designed to be accessible to readers with limited knowledge of math or physics, as well as scientists and historians of science. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Stephen J. Blundell |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2012-06-28 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0199601208 |
What is that strange and mysterious force that pulls one magnet towards another, yet seems to operate through empty space? This is the elusive force of magnetism. Stephen J. Blundell considers early theories of magnetism, the discovery that Earth is a magnet, and the importance of magnetism in modern technology.