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MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL PAPERS: VOLUME 6, VOLTAIC THEORY, RADIOACTIVITY, ELECTRIONS, NAVIGATION AND TIDES, MISCELLANEOUS
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| By: |
William Thomson, Joseph Larmor (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0511996063 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780511996061 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 March, 2012 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences |
| Description: |
A six-volume collection of the scientific papers of Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), one of Britain's most eminent mathematical physicists. |
| Synopsis: |
William Thomson, first Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), is best known for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature and for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics, though throughout his 53-year career as a mathematical physicist and engineer at the University of Glasgow he investigated a wide range of scientific questions in areas ranging from geology to transatlantic telegraph cables. The extent of his work is revealed in the six volumes of his Mathematical and Physical Papers, published from 1882 until 1911, consisting of articles that appeared in scientific periodicals from 1841 onwards. Volume 6, published in 1911, includes articles from the period 1867-1907. The chapters in the first part of the work focus on voltaic theory and radioactivity, while later ones examine navigation and tides. |
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67 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |