Title The Maxwellians / Bruce J. Hunt

Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1991 ©1991

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series Cornell history of science series Cornell history of science series. Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword / Williams, L. Pearce -- Acknowledgments / Hunt, Bruce J. -- References And Notation -- Introduction -- 1. Fitzgerald And Maxwell's Theory -- 2. Fitzgerald, Lodge, And Electromagnetic Waves -- 3. Heaviside The Telegrapher -- 4. Ether Models And The Vortex Sponge -- 5. "Maxwell Redressed" -- 6. Waves On Wires -- 7. Bath, 1888 -- 8. The Maxwellian Heyday -- 9. The Advent Of The Electron -- Epilogue -- Appendix From Maxwell's Equations To "Maxwell's Equations" -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index Summary James Clerk Maxwell published the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism in 1873. At his death, six years later, his theory of the electromagnetic field was neither well understood nor widely accepted. By the mid-1890s, however, it was regarded as one of the most fundamental and fruitful of all physical theories. Bruce J. Hunt examines the joint work of a group of young British physicists--G. F. FitzGerald, Oliver Heaviside, and Oliver Lodge--along with a key German contributor, Heinrich Hertz. It was these "Maxwellians" who transformed the fertile but half-finished ideas presented in the Treatise into the concise and powerful system now known as "Maxwell's theory." Analysis Electromagnetic History Electromagnetic theory History Fitzgerald, 1851-1901 Fitzgerald, George Francis 1851-1901 Heaviside, 1850-1925 Heaviside, Oliver 1850-1925 Lodge, Sir 1851-1940 Lodge, Oliver Sir 1851-1940 Maxwell, 1831.1879 Maxwell, James Clerk 1831.1879 Physicists Great Biography Physicists Great Britain Biography Physics Great History Physics Great Britain History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2022) digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879. Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901. Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940. Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925. SUBJECT Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901 Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925 Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940 Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879 Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901 fast Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925 fast Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940 fast Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879 fast Maxwell, James Clerk 1831-1879 gnd Lodge, Oliver 1851-1940 gnd Hertz, Heinrich 1857-1894 gnd Heaviside, Oliver 1850-1925 gnd Fitzgerald, George Francis 1851-1901 gnd Fitzgerald, George Francis. idsbb Heaviside, Oliver. idsbb Lodge, Oliver. idsbb Maxwell, James Clerk -- Rezeption -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 19. Jh. idsbb Maxwell, James Clerk. swd Fitzgerald, George Francis. swd Lodge, Oliver. swd Heaviside, Oliver. swd Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879. nli Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901. nli Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940. nli Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925. nli Maxwell, James Clerk, (1831-1879) ram Fitzgerald, George Francis, (1851-1901) ram Lodge, Oliver, (1851-1940; Sir) ram Heaviside, Oliver, (1850-1925) ram Subject Electromagnetic theory -- History Physics -- Great Britain -- History Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography SCIENCE / History. Electromagnetic theory Physicists Physics Rezeption Maxwellsche Theorie Entwicklung Elektromagnetische Welle Electromagnetic theory -- History. Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography. Physics -- Great Britain -- History. Physiciens -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies. Électromagnétisme -- Histoire. Électromagnétisme -- Biographies. Great Britain Genre/Form Biographies History collective biographies. Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501703270 1501703277

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