The Origins of Field Theory
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English Pages 148 [164] Year 1966
Table of contents :
THE ORIGINS OF FIELD THEORY - L. PEARCE WILLIAMS
General Introduction to the Studies in History of Science
Preface
Contents
I. The Maturity of Classical Mechanics
II. Naturphilosophie and the Discovery of Electromagnetism
III. The Electrostatic Line of Force
IV. The Magnetic Line of Force
V. Maxwell and Classical Field Theory
Selected Bibliography
Index
