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9781107670952

James Clerk Maxwell

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  • ISBN13:

    9781107670952

  • ISBN10:

    1107670950

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-03-22
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Originally published in 1931, this volume was created to mark the centenary of James Clerk Maxwell's birth. Comprised of ten essays dealing with various aspects of Maxwell's life and achievements, the text includes contributions from the following figures: J. J. Thomson; Max Planck; Albert Einstein; Joseph Larmor; James Jeans; William Garnett; Ambrose Fleming; Oliver Lodge; Richard Glazebrook; Horace Lamb. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Maxwell and his key role in the development of physics and mathematics.

Table of Contents

James Clerk Maxwellp. 1
Maxwell's Influence on Theoretical Physics in Germanyp. 45
Maxwell's Influence on The Development of the Conception of Physical Realityp. 66
Albert Einstein
The Scientific Environment of Clerk Max-Wellp. 74
James Clerk Maxwell's Methodp. 91
Maxwell's Laboratoryp. 109
Some Memoriesp. 116
Clerk Maxwell and Wireless Telegraphyp. 125
Early Days at the Cavendish Laboratoryp. 130
Clerk Maxwell as Lecturerp. 142
Portraits
James Clerk Maxwell … Frontispiece (from a portrait in the possession of Sir Joseph Larmor)
Clerk Maxwell as a Young Man Facing Page 12 (from a portrait at Trinity College, Cambridge, by permission of the Master and Fellows)
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