ENGLISH

Matter and Motion

By Maxwell J.C.

Book information

Publisher
CUP
Year
2010
ISBN
9781108014021, 9781108014021
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1172285 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
Pages
133\133
Topic
Physics Mechanics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2011-07-22 07:35:22
Физика;Механика

Description

Published posthumously in 1888, this treatise by the first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge explores and explains the fundamental principles and laws that are the basis of elementary physics. Maxwell was at the forefront of physics and mathematics during the nineteenth century and his pioneering work brought together existing ideas to give 'a dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field'. This work inspired not only the applications of electromagnetic waves like fibre optics but also Einstein's theory of relativity. The text explains many of Newton's laws and the unifying concepts that govern a body and its motion. The increment in the complexity of topics allows one to build a solid understanding of the accepted laws of mathematical physics that explain topics like force, work, energy and the centre mass point of a material system. This logical guide and instruction is as timeless as the laws of physics that it explains.

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