A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108014038)

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.

Author: James Clerk Maxwell
ISBN-10: 1108014038
ISBN-13: 9781108014038
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/24/2010
Pages: 484
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.08d