{"product_id":"the-scientific-papers-of-james-clerk-maxwell-volume-2-paperback-9781108015387","title":"The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 2 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108015387","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 2\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe collected papers of the man generally considered the third most important physicist of all time, after Newton and Einstein.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Clerk Maxwell (Author), W. D. Niven (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108015387, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e836 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 4.2 cm, 1.96 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe publication in 1890 of the two-volume Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, edited by W. D. Niven, was one of the two objects of a committee formed 'for the purpose of securing a fitting memorial of him' (the other object being the commissioning of a marble bust for the Cavendish Laboratory). Before his death in 1879 at the age of 48, Clerk Maxwell had made major contributions to many areas of theoretical physics and mathematics, not least his discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and of the kinetic theory of gases, which have been regarded as laying the foundations of all modern physics. He is generally considered the third most important physicist of all time, after Newton and Einstein. These collected shorter works, beginning with a paper written at the age of 15, show the wide range of Clerk Maxwell's interests across mathematics, physics and chemistry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e27. On the viscosity or internal friction of air and other gases\u003cbr\u003e 28. On the dynamical theory of gases\u003cbr\u003e 29. On the theory of the maintenance of electric currents by mechanical work without the use of permanent magnets\u003cbr\u003e 30. On the equilibrium of a spherical envelope\u003cbr\u003e 31. On the best arrangement for producing a pure spectrum on a screen\u003cbr\u003e 32. The construction of stereograms of surfaces\u003cbr\u003e 33. On reciprocal diagrams in space and their relation to Airy's function of stress\u003cbr\u003e 34. On governors\u003cbr\u003e 35. Experiment in magneto-electric induction\u003cbr\u003e 36. On a method of making a direct comparison of electrostatic with electromagnetic force\u003cbr\u003e 37. On the cyclide\u003cbr\u003e 38. On a bow seen on the surface of ice\u003cbr\u003e 39. On reciprocal figures, frames, and diagrams of forces\u003cbr\u003e 40. On the displacement in a case of fluid motion\u003cbr\u003e 41. Address to the mathematical and physical sections of the British Association, 1870\u003cbr\u003e 42. On colour-vision at different points of the retina\u003cbr\u003e 43. On hills and dales\u003cbr\u003e 44. Introductory lecture on experimental physics\u003cbr\u003e 45. On the solution of electrical problems by the transformation of conjugate functions\u003cbr\u003e 46. On the mathematical classification of physical quantities\u003cbr\u003e 47. On colour vision\u003cbr\u003e 48. On the geometrical mean distance of two figures on a plane\u003cbr\u003e 49. On the induction of electric currents in an infinite plane sheet of uniform conductivity\u003cbr\u003e 50. On the condition that, in the transformation of any figure by curvilinear co-ordinates in three dimensions, every angle in the new figure shall be equal to the corresponding angle in the original figure\u003cbr\u003e 51. Reprint of Papers on electrostatics and magnetism. By Sir W. Thomson. (Review)\u003cbr\u003e 52. On the proof of the equations of motion of a connected system\u003cbr\u003e 53. On a problem in the calculus of variations in which the solution is discontinuous\u003cbr\u003e 54. On action at a distance\u003cbr\u003e 55. Elements of natural philosophy. By Sir W. Thomson and P. G. Tait. (Review)\u003cbr\u003e 56. On the theory of a system of electrified conductors, and other physical theories involving homogeneous quadratic functions\u003cbr\u003e 57. On the focal lines of a refracted pencil\u003cbr\u003e 58. An Essay on the mathematical principles of physics. By Rev. James Challis. (Review)\u003cbr\u003e 59. On Loschmidt's experiments on diffusion in relation to the kinetic theory of gases\u003cbr\u003e 60. On the final state of a system of molecules in motion subject to forces of any kind\u003cbr\u003e 61. Faraday\u003cbr\u003e 62. Molecules (a lecture)\u003cbr\u003e 63. On double refraction in a viscous fluid in motion\u003cbr\u003e 64. On Hamilton's characteristic function for a narrow beam of light\u003cbr\u003e 65. On the relation of geometrical optics to other parts of mathematics and physics\u003cbr\u003e 66. Plateau on soap-bubbles (Review)\u003cbr\u003e 67. Grove's Correlation of physical forces (Review)\u003cbr\u003e 68. On the application of Kirchhoff's rules for electric circuits to the solution of a geometric problem\u003cbr\u003e 69. Van der Waals on the continuity of the gaseous and liquid states\u003cbr\u003e 70. On the centre of motion of the eye\u003cbr\u003e 71. On the dynamical evidence of the molecular constitution of bodies (a lecture)\u003cbr\u003e 72. On the application of Hamilton's characteristic function to the theory of an optical instrument symmetrical about its axis\u003cbr\u003e 73. Atom\u003cbr\u003e 74. Attraction\u003cbr\u003e 75. On Bow's method of drawing diagrams in graphical statics with illustrations from Peaucellier's Linkage\u003cbr\u003e 76. On the equilibrium of heterogeneous substances\u003cbr\u003e 77. Diffusion of gases through absorbing substances\u003cbr\u003e 78. General considerations concerning scientific apparatus\u003cbr\u003e 79. Instruments connected with fluids\u003cbr\u003e 80. Whewell's Writing and correspondence (Review)\u003cbr\u003e 81. On Ohm's Law\u003cbr\u003e 82. On the protection of buildings from lightning\u003cbr\u003e 83. Capillary action\u003cbr\u003e 84. Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz\u003cbr\u003e 85. On a paradox in the theory of attraction\u003cbr\u003e 86. On approximate multiple integration between limits by summation\u003cbr\u003e 87. On the unpublished electrical papers of the Hon. Henry Cavendish\u003cbr\u003e 88. Constitution of bodies\u003cbr\u003e 89. Diffusion\u003cbr\u003e 90. Diagrams\u003cbr\u003e 91. 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