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Through the looking-glass, and what Maxwell found there (1995)

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Description On Maxwell's work on the electromagnetic theory of light.


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Book Kox, A.J.; Siegel, Daniel M. (1995) No truth except in the details: Essays in honor of Martin J. Klein. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
D'Agostino, Salvatore
Buchwald, Jed Z.
Cat, Jordi
Darrigol, Olivier
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Hagar, Amit
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Almagest
Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura
British Journal for the History of Science
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Rutgers University Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Electromagnetism
Optics
Physics
Mathematics and its relationship to science
Electricity; magnetism
Electromagnetic waves; radiation
People
Maxwell, James Clerk
Fresnel, Augustin Jean
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Jenkin, Fleeming
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
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Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland
England
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