Physics in the nineteenth century / Robert D. Purrington.
Physics in the nineteenth century / Robert D. Purrington.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1997.
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T0386571
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English
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xvii, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Prologue: The Century of Science -- 2. Nineteenth-Century Science in Context -- 3. Electromagnetism -- 4. Heat and Thermodynamics -- 5. Energy and the Energy Principle -- 6. Atomism -- 7. The Kinetic Theory of Gases and Statistical Mechanics -- 8. Fin de Siecle -- 9. Epilogue.
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Putting physics into the historical context of the Industrial Revolution and the European nation-state, Purrington traces the main figures, including Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin, and Helmholtz, as well as their interactions, experiments, discoveries, and debates. The success of nineteenth-century physics laid the foundation for quantum theory and rela...
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Physics in the nineteenth century / Robert D. Purrington.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-237) and index.
Transferred from N530.09034/4.
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c1997.
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T0386571
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74VMbbvKPz83
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0813524423 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813524412 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813524415 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813524429 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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530.09034
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991000894989702626
