Physics in the Nineteenth Century

By Purrington, Robert D. Purrington, Robert D. and Robert D. Purrington

Book Overview

Putting physics into the historical context of the Industrial Revolution and the European nation-state, Purrington traces the main figures, including Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin, and Helmholtz, as well as their interactions, experiments, discoveries, and debates. The success of nineteenth-century physics laid the foundation for quantum theory and relativity in the twentieth. Robert D. Purrington is a professor of physics at Tulane University and coauthor of Frame of the Universe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813524423
• ISBN13: 9780813524429
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"