{"product_id":"vector-fields-vector-analysis-developed-through-its-application-to-engineering-and-physics-paperback-9780521290920","title":"Vector Fields; Vector Analysis Developed through its Application to Engineering and Physics (Paperback) 9780521290920","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVector Fields\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVector Analysis Developed through its Application to Engineering and Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1977 book was written for any reader not content with a purely mathematical approach to fields.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. A. Shercliff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521290920, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 14 April 1977\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e342 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 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\"\u003eA field is a distribution in space of physical quantities of obvious significance, such as pressure, velocity, or electromagnetic influence. This 1977 book was written for any reader who would not be content with a purely mathematical approach to the handling of fields. In letting the mathematical concepts invent themselves out of the need to describe the physical world quantitatively, Professor Shercliff shows how the same mathematical ideas may be used in a wide range of apparently different contexts including electromagnetism, fluid dynamics, nuclear reactor criticality, plasma oscillations and rotational flow. Mathematical methods are explored only far enough to give the interested reader a glimpse of activities that lie beyond, yet the unifying approach to increasingly powerful, generalised ideas at a level not reached in many books on vector analysis at the time. Special features of the book are a wealth of examples of physical interest, and a thorough appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Vector algebra revisited\u003cbr\u003e 2. Vector algebra applied to electromagnetism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Line and surface integrals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Further applications to electromagnetism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Volume integrals\u003cbr\u003e 6. A crisis in electromagnetic theory\u003cbr\u003e 7. Gradient and divergence, gauges of non-uniformity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Gradient and divergence combined\u003cbr\u003e 9. Four other important partial differential equations\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rotationality and the curl operator in fluid mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 11. The curl operator in electromagnetism\u003cbr\u003e 12. Integrals in fluid mechanics\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Answers to problems\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mathematical foundations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematical foundations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematical%20foundations%20%5BPBC%5D%22\"\u003ePBC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005129412888,"sku":"9780521290920","price":40.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521290920i_667f6ae2-ae75-43e8-ad19-1eb99057ac51.jpg?v=1691374646","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vector-fields-vector-analysis-developed-through-its-application-to-engineering-and-physics-paperback-9780521290920","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}