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Innovation in Maxwell's electromagnetic theory

By Daniel M. Siegel

Book information

Publisher
CUP
Year
1991
ISBN
9780521353656, 0521353653
LCC
QC670 .S48 1991
Open Library ID
OL1881835M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2007265 bytes)
Pages
235\235
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56
Библиотека;Жизнь выдающихся людей;Ученыедеятели науки;Джеймс Клерк Максвеллизобретатели

Description

James Clerk Maxwell's (1831-1879) contributions to twentieth-century science and technology - in particular, the displacement current and the electromagnetic theory of light - are among the most spectacular innovations in the history of physics, but the technical complexities and thematic subtleties of his work have been difficult to unravel. In considering the historical development of Maxwell's work, Dr Siegel's close analysis of the original texts - with careful attention to the equations as well as to the words - reveals that mechanical modeling played a crucial role in Maxwell's initial conceptualizations of the displacement current and the electromagnetic character of light. Beyond this, Siegel locates Maxwell's work in the full sweep of nineteenth-century electromagnetic theory - from Oersted, Ampere, and Faraday, through Hertz and Lorentz - and in the context of the methodological traditions and perspectives of early physics research at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge.

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