A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts : Volume III : Electricity, Magnetism and Light
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016
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This book provides a chronological introduction to the electromagnetic theory of light, using selected extracts from classic texts such as Gilbert’s De Magnete, Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, and Huygens’ Treatise on Light. Particular attention is given to the works of Faraday, Maxwell and Heaviside, scientists who unified the formerly separate disciplines of electricity, magnetism and light. Their electromagnetic theory—developed during the 19th century—would ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts : Volume III : Electricity, Magnetism and Light / by Kerry Kuehn. - 1st ed. 2016. - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016. - XXVI, 471 p. 176 ill., 5 ill. in color ; online resource. - (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) |
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From the Contents: Iron, Loadstones and Terrestrial Magnetism -- The Life and Death of a Magnet -- Conservation of Electrical Charge -- Muschenbroek's Wonderful Bottle -- Thunder and Lightning -- Coulomb's Law -- The Dawn of Electro-Magnetism -- Electric Currents, Magnetic Forces -- Work and Weight -- Kinetic and Potential Energy -- Conservation of Energy. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9783319218151
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