The Origins of Field Theory
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Book Overview
Originally published by Random House in 1966, this classic work is an indepth analysis of the pioneering work of Michael Faraday. Since Faraday was the major architect of field theory, the book focuses on the evolution of his ideas and their impact on the scientific community of the nineteenth century.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0819111767
ISBN13:9780819111760
Release Date:February 1989
Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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Lovely, Likeable Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Because the book really maps out a clear development of thought, its many little imponderables can be easily overlooked. To understand field theory in its historical perspective, one can't do much better and it's easy to do far, far worse. Now according to Dr. Diane Davis Villemaire (of McGill University...an association that is always a good sign) "In the last analysis, it was a personality conflict with the discipline that made him glad enough to leave it to people like A. Rupert Hall and L. Pierce Williams, history of science professor at Cornell during the 1960s." (page 193 of E.A. Burtt, Historian and Philosopher). I don't see any conflict with this book of L. Pierce Williams and Burtt's Metaphysical foundations of physical science. None whatsoever. In fact the two book beautifully dovetail each other in my mind.
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