The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 1, 1846–1862 - Couverture souple

Maxwell, James Clerk

 
9780521101356: The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 1, 1846–1862
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521101352 ISBN 13 : 9780521101356
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive edition of Maxwell's manuscript papers published virtually complete and largely for the first time. Maxwell's work was of central importance in establishing and developing the major themes of the physics of the nineteenth century: his theory of the electromagnetic field and the electromagnetic theory of light and his special place in the history of physics. His fecundity of imagination and the sophistication of his examination of the foundations of physics give particular interest and importance to his writings. Volume I: 1846–1862 documents Maxwell's education and early scientific work and his major period of scientific innovation - his first formulation of field theory, the electromagnetic theory of light and the statistical theory of gases. Important letters and manuscript drafts illuminate this fundamental early work and the volume includes his letters to friends and family, general essays and lectures and juvenilia.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a comprehensive edition of Maxwell's manuscript papers published virtually complete and largely for the first time. Maxwell's work was of central importance in establishing and developing the major themes of the physics of the nineteenth century: his theory of the electromagnetic field and the electromagnetic theory of light and his special place in the history of physics. His fecundity of imagination and the sophistication of his examination of the foundations of physics give particular interest and importance to his writings. Volume I: 1846–1862 documents Maxwell's education and early scientific work and his major period of scientific innovation - his first formulation of field theory, the electromagnetic theory of light and the statistical theory of gases. Important letters and manuscript drafts illuminate this fundamental early work and the volume includes his letters to friends and family, general essays and lectures and juvenilia.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: '[This edition of James Clerk Maxwell's letters and papers] ... bring[s] out both the range and integrity of his [sic] relationships.' Gillian Beer, The Guardian

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521101352
ISBN 13 
9780521101356
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
800
Éditeur
Harman P. M.
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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