Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 960 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press
- Edition: 1st Edition November 11, 2002
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521256275
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521256278
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Book Dimensions:
11 x 8.4 x 2.2 inches
- Weighs: 6.7 pounds
Product Review
'[This edition of James Clerk Maxwell's letters and papers] bring[s] out both the range and integrity of his [sic] relationships.' Gillian Beer, The Guardian
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Product Description
The final volume of James Clerk Maxwell's correspondence and manuscript papers covers the years 1874-1879, during Maxwell's Cambridge Professorship, his directing of the Cavendish Laboratory, and his work as writer and editor. His letters show his response to innovations in physical theory--by Boltzmann, Gibbs, Lorentz, and van der Waals--and further explorations in statistical physics and the kinetic theory of gases. His letters reflect his influence on the younger generation of physicists whose outlook was shaped by "Maxwellian physics". This edition is annotated with a full historical commentary.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 1, 1846-1862 (Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell) (Hardcover)
This volume along with the second provide a unique insight into the life and thoughts of a young and developing genius in mid-nineteenth-century Scotland. This work is a wonderful history not only of one of the greatest physicists of all time, but of a humble Christian. Flashes of a humor, personal struggle, tragedy are intertwined between notes of mathematical proofs, and researches. An amazing and truly inspiring complilation. I look forward to the release of the third volume with anticipation.
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