A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Author : James Clerk Maxwell
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 1873
Category : Electric power
ISBN :
Author : James Clerk Maxwell
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 1873
Category : Electric power
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Author : James Clerk Maxwell
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Electricity
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Author : James Clerk Maxwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 43,36 MB
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1108014046
Volume 2 of Maxwell's 1873 influential contribution to physics covers magnetism and electromagnetism, including the electromagnetic theory of light.
Author : James Clerk Maxwell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : 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
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 26,5 MB
Release : 1994-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1501703277
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 : James Clerk Maxwell
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Page : 518 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 1873
Category : Electricity
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Author : Howard J. Fisher
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : 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
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Page : 604 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 2017-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781375762083
Author : James Jeans
Publisher :
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Electric power
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Author : Stephen J. Blundell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191633720
Magnetism is a strange force, mysteriously attracting one object to another apparently through empty space. It has been claimed as a great healer, with magnetic therapies being proposed over the centuries and still popular today. Why are its mysterious important to solve? In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen J. Blundell explains why. For centuries magnetism has been used for various exploits; through compasses it gave us navigation and through motors, generators, and turbines it has given us power. Blundell explores our understanding of electricity and magnetism, from the work of Galvani, Ampere, Faraday, and Tesla, and goes on to explore how Maxwell and Faraday's work led to the unification of electricity and magnetism, thought of as one of the most imaginative developments in theoretical physics. With a discussion of the relationship between magnetism and relativity, quantum magnetism, and its impact on computers and information storage, Blundell shows how magnetism has changed our fundamental understanding of the Universe. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.