The Scientific Writings Of The Late George Francis Fitzgerald (1902)

Fitzgerald, George Francis (edited by Joseph Larmor)

ISBN 10: 1437421660 / ISBN 13: 9781437421668

Published by Kessinger Publishing, Dublin, 2015

About this Item

No date, c. 2015. Facsimile Reprint of the 1902 edition. lxiv, 576. B&W portrait of the Fitzgerald to the front. Prof George Francis FitzGerald FRS FRSE (3 August 1851 - 22 February 1901) was an Irish professor of "natural and experimental philosophy" (i.e., physics) at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, during the last quarter of the 19th century. He is known for his work in electromagnetic theory and for the Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction, which became an integral part of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. The FitzGerald crater on the far side of the Moon is named for him. The FitzGerald Building at Trinity College, Dublin is named after him. Book in excellent condition with no inscriptions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scientific Writings Of The Late George Francis Fitzgerald (1902)
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, Dublin
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1437421660
• ISBN 13: 9781437421668
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: facsimile Reprint
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science
  • Maths
  • Irish

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