Forbes N. Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field: how two men revolutionized physics / N.Forbes, B.Mahon. - Amherst: Prometheus books, 2014. - 320 p.: ill. + 4 l. ill. - Bibliogr.: p.293-297. - Ind.: p.299-320. - ISBN 978-1-61614-942-0 Шифр: (И/В31-F75) 02  Место хранения:   02 | Отделение ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

Acknowledgments ................................................. 9 Chronology: Principal Events in the Story of the Electromagnetic Field .......................................... 11 Introduction ................................................... 15 1 The Apprentice: 1791-1813 ................................... 19 2 Chemistry: 1813-1820 ........................................ 31 3 History: 1600-1820 .......................................... 41 4 A Circular Force: 1820-1831 ................................. 53 5 Induction: 1831-1840 ........................................ 69 6 A Shadow of a Speculation: 1840-1857 ........................ 95 7 Faraday's Last Years: 1857-1867 ............................ 119 8 What's the Go o' That? 1831-1850 ........................... 127 9 Society and Drill: 1850-1854 ............................... 143 10 An Imaginary Fluid: 1854-1856 .............................. 153 11 No Jokes Are Understood Here: 1856-1860 .................... 169 12 The Speed of Light: 1860-1863 .............................. 181 13 Great Guns: 1863-1865 ...................................... 203 14 Country Life: 1865-1871 .................................... 215 15 The Cavendish: 1871-1879 ................................... 227 16 The Maxwellians: 1850-1890 ................................. 241 17 A New Epoch: 1890 Onward ................................... 259 Notes ......................................................... 273 Bibliography .................................................. 293 Index ......................................................... 299