The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Vol. 2 (Dover Phoenix Editions) Hardcover - 2003
by James Clerk Maxwell
From the publisher
One of the greatest theoretical physicists of the 19th century, James Clerk Maxwell is best known for his studies of the electromagnetic field. These 101 scientific papers, arranged chronologically in two volumes, testify to Maxwell's scientific legacy and offer modern students of mathematics and physics stimulating reading. 197 figures. 39 tables. 1890 edition.
Details
- Title The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Vol. 2 (Dover Phoenix Editions)
- Author James Clerk Maxwell
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 816
- Publisher Dover Publications
- Date 2003-12
- ISBN 9780486495613
About the author
James Clerk Maxwell: In His Own Words And Others
Dover reprinted Maxwell's "Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism" in 1954, surely one of the first classics of scientific literature over a thousand pages in length to be given new life and accessibility to students and researchers as a result of the paperback revolution of the 1950s. "Matter and Motion" followed in 1991 and "Theory of Heat" in 2001.
Some towering figures in science have to speak for themselves. Such is James Clerk Maxwell (1813 1879), the Scottish physicist and mathematician who formulated the basic equations of classical electromagnetic theory.
In the Author's Own Words:"We may find illustrations of the highest doctrines of science in games and gymnastics, in traveling by land and by water, in storms of the air and of the sea, and wherever there is matter in motion."
"The 2nd law of thermodynamics has the same degree of truth as the statement that if you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the same tumblerful of water out again." James Clerk Maxwell
Critical Acclaim for James Clerk Maxwell:"From a long view of the history of mankind seen from, say, ten thousand years from now there can be little doubt that the most significant event of the 19th century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics. The American Civil War will pale into provincial insignificance in comparison with this important scientific event of the same decade." Richard P. Feynman
"Maxwell's equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents." Carl Sagan"
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