Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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Cornell history of science series |
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Cornell history of science series.
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Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword / Williams, L. Pearce -- Acknowledgments / Hunt, Bruce J. -- References And Notation -- Introduction -- 1. Fitzgerald And Maxwell's Theory -- 2. Fitzgerald, Lodge, And Electromagnetic Waves -- 3. Heaviside The Telegrapher -- 4. Ether Models And The Vortex Sponge -- 5. "Maxwell Redressed" -- 6. Waves On Wires -- 7. Bath, 1888 -- 8. The Maxwellian Heyday -- 9. The Advent Of The Electron -- Epilogue -- Appendix From Maxwell's Equations To "Maxwell's Equations" -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
James Clerk Maxwell published the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism in 1873. At his death, six years later, his theory of the electromagnetic field was neither well understood nor widely accepted. By the mid-1890s, however, it was regarded as one of the most fundamental and fruitful of all physical theories. Bruce J. Hunt examines the joint work of a group of young British physicists--G. F. FitzGerald, Oliver Heaviside, and Oliver Lodge--along with a key German contributor, Heinrich Hertz. It was these "Maxwellians" who transformed the fertile but half-finished ideas presented in the Treatise into the concise and powerful system now known as "Maxwell's theory." |
Analysis |
Electromagnetic History |
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Electromagnetic theory History |
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Fitzgerald, 1851-1901 |
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Fitzgerald, George Francis 1851-1901 |
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Heaviside, 1850-1925 |
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Heaviside, Oliver 1850-1925 |
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Lodge, Sir 1851-1940 |
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Lodge, Oliver Sir 1851-1940 |
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Maxwell, 1831.1879 |
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Maxwell, James Clerk 1831.1879 |
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Physicists Great Biography |
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Physicists Great Britain Biography |
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Physics Great History |
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Physics Great Britain History |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index |
Notes |
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Subject |
Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879.
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Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901.
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Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940.
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Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925.
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SUBJECT |
Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901
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Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925
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Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940
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Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879
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Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901 fast |
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Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925 fast |
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Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940 fast |
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Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879 fast |
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Maxwell, James Clerk 1831-1879 gnd |
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Lodge, Oliver 1851-1940 gnd |
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Hertz, Heinrich 1857-1894 gnd |
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Heaviside, Oliver 1850-1925 gnd |
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Fitzgerald, George Francis 1851-1901 gnd |
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Fitzgerald, George Francis. idsbb |
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Heaviside, Oliver. idsbb |
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Lodge, Oliver. idsbb |
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Maxwell, James Clerk -- Rezeption -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 19. Jh. idsbb |
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Maxwell, James Clerk. swd |
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Fitzgerald, George Francis. swd |
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Lodge, Oliver. swd |
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Heaviside, Oliver. swd |
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Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879. nli |
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Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901. nli |
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Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940. nli |
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Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925. nli |
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Maxwell, James Clerk, (1831-1879) ram |
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Fitzgerald, George Francis, (1851-1901) ram |
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Lodge, Oliver, (1851-1940; Sir) ram |
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Heaviside, Oliver, (1850-1925) ram |
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Electromagnetic theory -- History
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Physics -- Great Britain -- History
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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SCIENCE / History.
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Electromagnetic theory
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Physicists
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Physics
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Rezeption
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Maxwellsche Theorie
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Entwicklung
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Elektromagnetische Welle
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Electromagnetic theory -- History.
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Physics -- Great Britain -- History.
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Physiciens -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies.
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Électromagnétisme -- Histoire.
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Électromagnétisme -- Biographies.
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781501703270 |
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1501703277 |
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