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The Life of James Clerk Maxwell: With a Selection From His Correspondence and Occasional Writings and a Sketch of His Contributions to Science

By Campbell , Lewis , William , 1830-1908 & Garnett , 1850-1932

Book information

Publisher
Macmillan
Year
1882
Language
eng
Format
DJVU
Filesize
21 MB (21753302 bytes)
Volume
1.0
Pages
\710
Time added
2024-05-25 21:12:29

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Maxwell preferred "metaphysics" over mathematics:PDF p. 12 of * Rinat M. Nugayev, “[Communicative Rationality of the Maxwellian Revolution](https://isidore.co/misc/Physics%20papers%20and%20books/Zotero/storage/SB8TXRTB/Nugayev%20-%202015%20-%20Communicative%20Rationality%20of%20the%20Maxwellian%20Revolu.pdf),” *Foundations of Science* 20, no. 4 (November 1, 2015): 447–78quotes Maxwell (letter in his bio. by [Campbell and Garnett 1882, p. 261](https://archive.org/stream/lifeofjamesclerk00camprich#page/261)):> I find I get fonder of metaphysics and less of calculations continually > and Gustav Kirchhoff’s comment> He is a genius, but one has to check his calculations.This succinctly summarizes Duhem's view of Maxwell, too!* * * * p. 232 He read and seemed to disagree with Newman's *Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine*.

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