Physics in the Nineteenth Century
Robert Purrington
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Description
Putting physics into the historical context of the Industrial Revolution and the European nation-state, Purrington traces the main figures, including Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin, and Helmholtz, as well as their interactions, experiments, discoveries, and debates. The success of nineteenth-century physics laid the foundation for quantum theory and relativity in the twentieth. Robert D. Purrington is a professor of physics at Tulane University and coauthor of Frame of the Universe.
Product Details
Price
$48.24
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Publish Date
August 01, 1997
Pages
272
Dimensions
6.0 X 0.66 X 9.07 inches | 0.78 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780813524429
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Robert D. Purrington, a professor of physics at Tulane University, is coauthor of Frame of the Universe (Columbia University Press).