A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism Paperback / softback
by James Clerk Maxwell
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences series
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Arguably the most influential nineteenth-century scientist for twentieth-century physics, James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon: the electromagnetic field.
A fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, Maxwell became, in 1871, the first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.
His famous equations - a set of four partial differential equations that relate the electric and magnetic fields to their sources, charge density and current density - first appeared in fully developed form in his 1873 Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.
This two-volume textbook brought together all the experimental and theoretical advances in the field of electricity and magnetism known at the time, and provided a methodical and graduated introduction to electromagnetism.
Volume 1 covers the first elements of Maxwell's electromagnetic theory: electrostatics, and electrokinematics, including detailed analyses of electrolysis, conduction in three dimensions, and conduction through heterogeneous media.
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- Pages:484 pages, 5 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781108014038
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:484 pages, 5 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781108014038
