A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-01403-8 (ISBN)
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 electromagnetism. Volume 1 covers the first elements of Maxwell's electromagnetic theory: electrostatics, and electrokinematics, including detailed analyses of electrolysis, conduction in three dimensions, and conduction through heterogeneous media.
Part I. Electrostatics: 1. Description of phenomena; 2. Elementary mathematical theory of electricity; 3. Systems of conductors; 4. General theorems; 5. Mechanical action between electrified bodies; 6. Points and lines of equilibrium; 7. Forms of equipotential surfaces and lines of flow; 8. Simple cases of electrification; 9. Spherical harmonics; 10. Confocal surfaces of the second degree; 11. Theory of electric images; 12. Conjugate functions in two dimensions; 13. Electrostatic instruments; Part II. Electrokinematics: 1. The electric current; 2. Conduction and resistance; 3. Electromotive force between bodies in contact; 4. Electrolysis; 5. Electrolytic polarization; 6. Mathematical theory of the distribution of electric currents; 7. Conduction in three dimensions; 8. Resistance and conductivity in three dimensions; 9. Conduction through heterogeneous media; 10. Conduction in dielectrics; 11. Measurement of the electric resistance of conductors; 12. Electric resistance of substances.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.6.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences ; Volume 1 |
| Zusatzinfo | 5 Plates, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 860 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik |
| Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-01403-8 / 1108014038 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-01403-8 / 9781108014038 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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