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100 1 _aLorentz, H. A.
_q(Hendrik Antoon),
_d1853-1928
245 1 0 _aClerk Maxwell's electromagnetic theory
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aThe Rede Lecture for 1923.
500 _aRelease date is 2023-04-03
508 _aLaura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Clerk Maxwell's electromagnetic theory" by H. A. Lorentz is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This book serves as a lecture, specifically the Rede Lecture for 1923, aimed at reviewing the significant contributions of James Clerk Maxwell to the field of electromagnetic theory. It discusses Maxwell’s groundbreaking work that intertwined electricity, magnetism, and light, establishing a cohesive framework that simplified existing theories while presenting new insights. In this lecture, Lorentz examines Maxwell’s contributions in detail, exploring how his formulations resolved longstanding uncertainties in electrodynamics and optics. The text outlines the transformations in understanding electric and magnetic phenomena, including the revolutionary notion that light itself is an electromagnetic wave. Lorentz also highlights the subsequent advancements in physics that stemmed from Maxwell’s work, such as Poynting's theorem and the principles of electromagnetic momentum. The lecture emphasizes the foundational impact Maxwell's equations have had on modern physics, acknowledging that despite later theoretical developments, his principles remain essential to the understanding of electromagnetic fields and their interactions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: The University press, 1923
653 _aMaxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879
653 _aElectromagnetic theory
830 0 _aThe Rede Lecture for 1923.
856 4 _uhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006200343
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70453
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