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PHYSICS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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| By: |
Robert D. Purrington |
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Paperback |
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£33.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813524423 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813524429 |
| Publisher: |
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1997 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
Putting physics into the historical context of the Industrial Revolution and the European nation-state, this work traces the main figures, including Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin and Helmholtz, as well as their interactions, experiments, discoveries, and debates. |
| Synopsis: |
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 relativity in the twentieth. Robert D. Purrington is a professor of physics at Tulane University and coauthor of Frame of the Universe. |
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black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Rutgers University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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