The Theory of Electrons: and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat (Dover Books on Physics) - Softcover

Lorentz, H. A.; Physics

 
9780486495583: The Theory of Electrons: and Its Applications to the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat (Dover Books on Physics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0486495582 ISBN 13: 9780486495583
Publisher: Dover Publications, 2011

Synopsis

Based on a famous course of lectures delivered at Columbia University by Nobel laureate H. A. Lorentz, this 1915 work remains remarkably modern. Its outstanding discussion of general principles and experimental fasts keep it vital, and 109 pages of notes offer detailed examinations of the mathematics involved.
Beginning with Maxwell's electromagnetic equations, the author discusses the emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation, the theory of the Zeeman effect, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in bodies composed of molecules, and optical phenomena in moving bodies. Additional topics include Huygens' principle, Stokes's theory of aberration, the velocity of light in a moving medium, Fresnel's coefficient, Michelson's experiment, moving electrostatic systems, molecular motion, general electromagnetic equations, and Einstein's finding about the principle of relativity.

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About the Author

Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928) was a co-recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics. He also derived the transformation equations subsequently used by Albert Einstein to describe space and time.

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Publisher
Dover Publications
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0486495582
ISBN 13 
9780486495583
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
352