Electromagnetic Theory (2) - Couverture souple

Heaviside, Oliver

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1602062765 ISBN 13 : 9781602062764

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2013

Synopsis

Englishman OLIVER HEAVISIDE (1850-1925) left school at 16 to teach himself electrical engineering, eventually becoming a renowned mathematician and one of the world's premiere authorities on electromagnetic theory and its applications for communication, including the telegraph and telephone. Here in three volumes are his collected writings on electromagnetic theory-Volume II was first published in 1899. This is a catalog of the bulk of his postulations, theorems, proofs, and common problems (and solutions) in electromagnetism, many of which had been published in article form. Part scientific history-including references to some contemporary criticisms, long since shown to be poorly based, of Heaviside's scholarship-and part guide to understanding a complex applied science, this work shows both the genius and the eccentricity of a man whose work includes precursory theories to Einstein, and revolutionary principles that today are the commonly assumed truths in the field of electrical engineering.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

CHAPTER V. MATHEMATICS AND THE AGE OF THE EARTH. Mathematics is an Experimental Science. § 223. That the study of the theory of a physical science should be preceded by some general experimental acquaintance therewith, in order to secure the inimitable advantage of a personal acquaintance with something real and living, will probably be agreed with by most persons. After, however, the general experimental knowledge has been acquired, accompanied with just a sufficient amount of theory to connect it together and render its acquisition easier and more interesting, it becomes possible to consider the theory by itself, as theory. The experimental facts then go out of sight, in a great measure, not because they are unimportant, but because they become subordinate to the theory in a certain sense, and, we might also add, because they are fundamental, and the foundations are always hidden from view in well-constructed buildings. So it comes about that a great theoretical work like Maxwell

Table of Contents

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II; [The dates within brackets are the dates of first publication]; CHAPTER V; MATHEMATICS AND THE AGE OF THE EARTH (Pages 1 to 29); 8kctioh pagk; 223 [Nov 23, 1894] Mathematics is an Experimental Science 1; 224 Rigorous Mathematics is Narrow, Physical Mathematics Bold; and Broad 4; 225 Physical Problems lead to Improved Mathematical Methods 8; 226 [Dec 14, 1894] " Mathematics-and Mathematics" Remark-; able Phenomenon 10; 227 The Age of the Earth Kelvin's Problem 12; 228 Perry's Modification Remarkable Result 14; 229 Cooling of an Infinite Block composed of Two Materials 16; 230 Large Correction for Sphericity in Perry's Problem 18; 231 Remarks on the Age of the Earth 19; 232 [Dec 21,1894] Peculiar Nature of the Problem of the Cooling; of a Homogeneous Sphere with a Resisting Skin 20; 233 Cooling of a Body of Variable Conductivity and Capacity but; with their Product Constant 22; 234 Magnitude o

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1602062765
• ISBN 13: 9781602062764
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 568
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible