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Synopsis
A superhighway connects the elementary laws of electric and magnetic interactions to Maxwell’s laws of electrodynamics. Physicists usually take this fast track in their education. But there are also interesting byways, while not as rapid, where one encounters many interesting and beautiful views that are not accessible from the main route.
In particular, there are views of the superhighway’s bridges that span some conceptual gaps. For example, what formula correctly describes the immeasurable force between moving charges? How does one reconcile the contradiction between the Biot-Savart/Lorentz force and Newton’s third law? Why did Maxwell praise Ampere’s work but ignore his force law? What must be added to Wilhelm Weber’s incomplete theory of 1848 so that it can predict electromagnetic radiation? Fukai’s Promenade guides us through this unfamiliar but intriguing terrain.
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About the Author
Junichiro Fukai, an Associate Professor of Physics, has taught physics at Auburn University since 1974.
Born and raised in Japan, he graduated from Waseda University earning a Bachelor of Engineering degree. After working at Toshiba Corporation as an engineer for 3 years, he came to US and entered the University of Denver majoring in Physics and earned his M.S.
He then moved to the University of Tennessee where he earned his Ph.D. in theoretical plasma physics. After postdoctoral studies at the University of Tennessee and Yale University, he went to Auburn University. There he worked on theoretical and experimental studies on plasma instabilities. His interest moved to theoretical investigations of dielectric breakdown phenomena and developing a device to decompose toxic gases by an electric discharge.
At Auburn he has taught various physics at almost all levels. Meanwhile he has been interest in fundamental issues of electrodynamics, relativity, and quantum theory.
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- PublisherVales Lake Pub Llc
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0971484511
- ISBN 13 9780971484511
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages126
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