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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC670 _b.S48 1991
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100	1		_aSiegel, Daniel M., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInnovation in Maxwell's electromagnetic theory : _bmolecular vortices, displacement current, and light / _cDaniel M. Siegel.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1991.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 225 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aJames Clerk Maxwell's (1831-1879) contributions to twentieth-century science and technology - in particular, the displacement current and the electromagnetic theory of light - are among the most spectacular innovations in the history of physics, but the technical complexities and thematic subtleties of his work have been difficult to unravel. In considering the historical development of Maxwell's work, Dr Siegel's close analysis of the original texts - with careful attention to the equations as well as to the words - reveals that mechanical modeling played a crucial role in Maxwell's initial conceptualizations of the displacement current and the electromagnetic character of light. Beyond this, Siegel locates Maxwell's work in the full sweep of nineteenth-century electromagnetic theory - from Oersted, Ampere, and Faraday, through Hertz and Lorentz - and in the context of the methodological traditions and perspectives of early physics research at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge.
650		0	_aElectromagnetic theory.
650		0	_aPhysics _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521353656
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511529290
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