The Origins of Field Theory [Paperback]

L. Pearce Williams (Author), Pearce L. Williams (Author)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: University Press of America (February 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0819111767
ISBN-13: 978-0819111760
Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 186 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,865,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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. The concluding chapter discusses the more mathematical contribution of James Maxwell, who was instrumental in turning Faraday's heresies into the orthodoxy of classical field theory.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely, Likeable Book, April 28 2008

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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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