Baltimore Lectures on Molecular Dynamics and the Wave Theory of Light

by William Thomson

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The mathematical physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1904) is best known for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature and for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The lectures in this collection demonstrate an attempt by Baron Kelvin to formulate a physical model for the existence of ether. This concept of a medium for light propagation became prominent in the late nineteenth century, arising...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1108007678

ISBN13:9781108007672

Release Date:May 2010

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:732 Pages

Weight:2.33 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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