A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts Volume III: Electricity, Magnetism and Light /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kuehn, Kerry (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Atoms.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.

This book provides a chronological introduction to the electromagnetic theory of light, using selected extracts from classic texts such as Gilbert’s De Magnete, Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, and Huygens’ Treatise on Light. Particular attention is given to the works of Farad...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• From the Contents: Iron, Loadstones and Terrestrial Magnetism
• The Life and Death of a Magnet
• Conservation of Electrical Charge
• Muschenbroek's Wonderful Bottle
• Thunder and Lightning
• Coulomb's Law
• The Dawn of Electro-Magnetism
• Electric Currents, Magnetic Forces
• Work and Weight
• Kinetic and Potential Energy
• Conservation of Energy.