Matter and Motion (Great Minds Series)
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781573929899
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Philosophy Of Science; Analytic Mechanics (Mathematical Aspects); Science; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Mechanics - Dynamics - General; Dynamics; General; Philosophy & Social Aspects
First sentence: PHYSICAL SCIENCE is that department of knowledge which relates to the order of nature, or, in other words, to the regular succession of events.
Description: "In seven concise and lucidly written chapters, Maxwell covers all the basic concepts of physics, time, space, matter, mass, force, momentum, velocity, acceleration, laws of motion, work, energy, gravitation and many other ideas. This edition also includes a chapter on equations of motion from Maxwell's classic Electricity and Magnetism, plus two appendices, one on the relativity of motion and the other on the Principle of Least Action.".

"Complete with many useful illustrations to clarify the concepts discussed in the text, this accessible works is well suited for history of science courses or as a still-relevant introduction to basic physics for the average reader."--BOOK JACKET.