FIELDS OF FORCE The Development of a World View from Faraday to Eiinstein
Language: English
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1974
Series: Book 10 of 20 - Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science
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xiii+370, 31 text figs; front pastedown has ex libris label of Sussex University chemist Timothy N. Metham (a galaxy against a black star-dotted background) otherwise clean tight & nmarked in clean unworn dark blue cloth covers; jacket price-clipped and has slight curl to top front edge but otherwise clean and unworn (will apply protective removable sleeve when ordered). Very scarce with jacket.
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- Title
- FIELDS OF FORCE The Development of a World View from Faraday to Eiinstein
- Author
- BERKSON, William
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- VG(+)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0710076266
- ISBN 13
- 9780710076267
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Dimensions
- 13.5 Cm x 22 Cm
- Series
- Book 10 of 20: Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science
- Seller catalogs
- History of Science & Technology, Physics and Chemistry
This book describes the picture of reality given by Newton, and the development of the later picture of reality given by field theory. In telling this story, the author explains what problem each scientist faced, and how the process of solving them led to new discoveries. By this method he gives unique insight into the understanding of Einstein’s special theory of relativity, as he explains exactly what problems led to the invention of the theory, and exactly where Einstein’s solution differed from his predecessors’. A similar analysis is given of the discoveries of Faraday, Maxwell, Hertz and Lorentz. The problem-oriented approach of the book, originally published in 1974, enables the reader to share in the original creative process, and in the excitement of the discoveries. It puts physics problems into new perspective and discusses the philosophical implications of the history - an illuminating account of a great episode in the history of thought.
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