A History of the Theories of Aether & Electricity: Two Volumes Bound As One - Softcover

Edmund T. Whittaker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486261263 ISBN 13: 9780486261263

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1989

Synopsis

Unique, controversial, and frequently cited, this survey offers highly detailed accounts concerning the development of ideas and theories about the nature of electricity and space (aether). Readily accessible to general readers as well as high school students, teachers, and undergraduates, it includes much information unavailable elsewhere.
This single-volume edition comprises both The Classical Theories and The Modern Theories, which were originally published separately. The first volume covers the theories of classical physics from the age of the Greek philosophers to the late 19th century. The second volume chronicles discoveries that led to the advances of modern physics, focusing on special relativity, quantum theories, general relativity, matrix mechanics, and wave mechanics. Noted historian of science I. Bernard Cohen, who reviewed these books for Scientific American, observed, "I know of no other history of electricity which is as sound as Whittaker's. All those who have found stimulation from his works will read this informative and accurate history with interest and profit."

About this title

About the Author:

Edmund Taylor Whittaker (1873–1956) was a British mathematician and historian of science who taught at Trinity College, Cambridge as well as Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of Edinburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0486261263
• ISBN 13: 9780486261263
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 753