A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism: Volume 1 - Brossura

Maxwell, James Clerk

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ISBN 10: 1108014038 ISBN 13: 9781108014038

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

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.

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James Clerk Maxwell's influential contribution to nineteenth-century physics brought together all the experimental and theoretical advances in the field of electricity and magnetism known at the time. First published in 1873, it contains Maxwell's famous equations on electromagnetic theory. Volume 1 covers electrostatics and electrokinematics.

Contenuti:

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.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108014038
• ISBN 13: 9781108014038
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 484