P. M. Harman

The Natural Philosophy of James Clerk Maxwell

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines James Clerk Maxwell, creator of the electromagnetic theory of light and kinetic theory of gases.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9780521561020
• ISBN-10: 0521561027
• Artikelnr.: 22354236

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: Maxwell and the history of physics
2. Formative influences
3. Edinburgh physics and Cambridge mathematics
4. Physical and geometrical analogy
5. Models and mechanisms
6. Dynamical and statistical explanation
7. Geometry and physics
8. Physical reality: ether and matter
9. Physics and metaphysics.