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James Clerk Maxwell : perspectives on his life and work /

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship also ranged wide - covering all the major aspects of Victorian natural philosophy. He was one of the m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Flood, Raymond, McCartney, Mark, Whitaker, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship also ranged wide - covering all the major aspects of Victorian natural philosophy. He was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, coming only after Newton and Einstein. In scientific terms his immortality is enshrined in electromagnetism and Maxwell's equations, but as this book shows, there was much more to Maxwell than electromagnetism, both in terms of his science and his wi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (375 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191641251
0191641251
9781306300544
1306300541