| A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism 2 Volume Paperback Set Contributor(s): Maxwell, James Clerk (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108014054 ISBN-13: 9781108014052 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Electromagnetism |
| Dewey: 537 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (2.70 lbs) 962 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arguably the most influential nineteenth-century scientist for twentieth-century physics, James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon: the electromagnetic field. A fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, Maxwell became, in 1871, the first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge. His famous equations - a set of four partial differential equations that relate the electric and magnetic fields to their sources, charge density and current density - first appeared in fully developed form in his 1873 Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. This two-volume textbook brought together all the experimental and theoretical advances in the field of electricity and magnetism known at the time, and provided a methodical and graduated introduction to electromagnetic theory. |