James R. Hofmann

Andre-Marie Ampere

Enlightenment and Electrodynamics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Absorbing biography of the creative and destructive scientific genius and tragic life of Andr -Marie Amp re.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780521566704
• ISBN-10: 0521566703
• Artikelnr.: 22234340

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
General editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Coming of Age (1775-1804): 1. Idyllic youth
2. Marriage and provincial life (1800-1804)
Part II. Paris (1804-1820): 3. Laplacian physics
4. Ampère in Paris
5. Metaphysics: Ampère, Kant and Maine de Biran
6. Mathematics, chemistry and physics (1804-1820)
Part III. Electrodynamics: 7. Ampère's response to the discovery of electromagnetism (1820)
8. Ampère's electrodynamics (1821-1822)
9. Defence and elaboration of the theory
Part IV. Closing Years: 10. The final synopsis
Notes
Bibliography
Index.