Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field
Subtitle: how two men revolutionized physics
By: Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon
Contributors: Mahon, Basil, author
Publisher: Prometheus
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781616149420
Subjects: Physics; Electromagnetic fields
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principal events in the story of the electromagnetic field; title: The apprentice : 1791-1813; title: Chemistry : 1813-1820; title: History : 1600-1820; title: A circular force : 1820-1831; title: Induction : 1831-1840; title: A shadow of a speculation : 1840-1857; title: Faraday's last years : 1857-1867; title: What's the go o' that? : 1831-1850; title: Society and drill : 1850-1854; title: An imaginary fluid : 1854-1856; title: No jokes are understood here : 1856-1860; title: The speed of light : 1860-1863; title: Great guns : 1863-1865; title: Country life : 1865-1871; title: The Cavendish : 1871-1879; title: The Maxwellians : 1850-1890; title: A new epoch : 1890 onward.