The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 3, 1874-1879 (Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell)

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The final volume of James Clerk Maxwell's correspondence and manuscript papers covers the years 1874-1879, during Maxwell's Cambridge Professorship, his directing of the Cavendish Laboratory, and his work as writer and editor. His letters show his response to innovations in physical theory--by Boltzmann, Gibbs, Lorentz, and van der Waals--and further explorations in statistical physics and the kinetic theory of gases. His letters reflect his influence on the younger generation of physicists whose outlook was shaped by "Maxwellian physics". This edition is annotated with a full historical commentary.


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This is the first comprehensive edition of Maxwell's manuscript papers, published virtually complete and largely for the first time. Maxwell's work was of central importance in establishing and developing the major themes of physics in the nineteenth century. His theory of the electromagnetic field and the electromagnetic theory of light, and his development of statistical molecular theory, have established his special place in the history of physics. His fecundity of imagination and the sophistication of his examination of the foundation of physics give particular interest and importance to his writings.


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