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A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1

内容简介

"Maxwelliswithoutpeer.Thisprintingisanopportunitytobecomethoroughlyacquaintedwiththethoughtsofthegreatestofourelectricalscientists."—SchoolScienceandMath
HereisthefinalelaborationofMaxwell'stheoryofelectromagnetism，includingthesystematicandrigorousderivationofhisgeneralequationsoffieldtheory.Theseequationscontinuetooccupyacentralpositioninthemodernphysicist'sviewofthephysicalworld.Theyareamagnificentsummaryofthefundamentaladvancesinelectricityandmagnetism，andlaterinspiredthetheoriesofLorentzontheelectronandEinsteinonrelativity.Einsteinhimselfhassaidthat"TheformulationoftheseequationsisthemostimportanteventinphysicssinceNewton'stime."(TheEvolutionofPhysics.)
Volume1，Part1，"Electrostatics，"describeselectrostaticphenomenaanddevelopsamathematicaltheoryofelectricity.Maxwelldiscusseselectricalworkandenergyinasystemofconductors，mechanicalactionbetweentwoelectricalsystems，formsofequipotentialsurfacesandlineofflow，sphericalharmonics，thetheoryofelectricimages，andothertopics.PartII，"Electrokinematics，"dealswithelectriccurrentconductionandresistance，electromotiveforcebetweenbodiesincontact，electrolysis，themathematicaltheoryofthedistributionofelectriccurrents，andothertopics.

作者简介

JamesClerkMaxwell:InHisOwnWords—AndOthersDoverreprintedMaxwell'sTreatiseonElectricityandMagnetismin1954,surelyoneofthefirstclassicsofscientificliteratureoverathousandpagesinlengthtobegivennewlifeandaccessibilitytostudentsandresearchersasaresultofthepaperbackrevolutionofthe1950s.MatterandMotionfollowedin1991andTheoryofHeatin2001.Sometoweringfiguresinsciencehavetospeakforthemselves.SuchisJamesClerkMaxwell(1813–1879),theScottishphysicistandmathematicianwhoformulatedthebasicequationsofclassicalelectromagnetictheory.IntheAuthor'sOwnWords:
"Wemayfindillustrationsofthehighestdoctrinesofscienceingamesandgymnastics,intravelingbylandandbywater,instormsoftheairandofthesea,andwhereverthereismatterinmotion.""The2ndlawofthermodynamicshasthesamedegreeoftruthasthestatementthatifyouthrowatumblerfulofwaterintothesea,youcannotgetthesametumblerfulofwateroutagain."—JamesClerkMaxwellCriticalAcclaimforJamesClerkMaxwell:
"Fromalongviewofthehistoryofmankind—seenfrom,say,tenthousandyearsfromnow—therecanbelittledoubtthatthemostsignificanteventofthe19thcenturywillbejudgedasMaxwell'sdiscoveryofthelawsofelectrodynamics.TheAmericanCivilWarwillpaleintoprovincialinsignificanceincomparisonwiththisimportantscientificeventofthesamedecade."—RichardP.Feynman"Maxwell'sequationshavehadagreaterimpactonhumanhistorythananytenpresidents."—CarlSagan,,

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