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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] :
Oxford University Press
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40517512*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Part I: Life; 1. Introduction; RAYMOND FLOOD; 2. Maxwell at Aberdeen; JOHN S. REID; 3. Maxwell at King's College, London; JOHN S. REID; 4. Cambridge and Building the Cavendish Laboratory; ISOBEL FALCONER; Part II: Science; 5. Maxwell and the Science of Colour; MALCOLM LONGAIR; 6. Maxwell and the Rings of Saturn; ANDREW WHITAKER; 7. Maxwell's Kinetic Theory 1859-70; ELIZABETH GARBER; 8. Maxwell and the Theory of Liquids; JOHN S. ROWLINSON; 9. Maxwell's Famous (or Infamous) Demon; ANDREW WHITAKER; 10. Maxwell's Contributions to Electricity and Magnetism.
- DANIEL M. SIEGEL11. The Maxwellians: The Reception and Further Development of Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory; CHEN-PANG YEANG; 12. The Fluid Dynamics of James Clerk Maxwell; KEITH MOFFATT; Part III: Poetry, Religion and Conclusions; 13. Boundaries of Perception: James Clerk Maxwell's Poetry of Self, Senses and Science; STELLA PRATT-SMITH; 14. Maxwell, Faith and Physics; PHILIP L. MARSTON; 15. I Remember Years and Labours as a Tale that I have Read; MARK McCARTNEY; Notes on Contributors; Notes and References; Index.
