Ludvig Lorenz: A Nineteenth-century Theoretical Physicist (2018)
Kragh, Helge S. (Author)
The Royal Danish Science Society
Physical Details: 280 pp.
Language: English
Ludvig Valentin Lorenz (1829–1891) was Denmark’s first theoretical physicist of international recognition. Although generally considered a secondary figure in the history of science, Kragh shows that Lorenz contributed importantly to a wide range of subjects ranging from materials science to fundamental theories of optics and electrodynamics. Apart from his theoretical work he was also a brilliant experimenter who felt as much at home in his laboratory as behind his study desk. Today his name is eponymously associated with terms such as the Lorenz gauge, the Lorenz-Lorentz formula, the Lorenz-Mie theory and the Lorenz number.
...MoreReview Robert W. Smith (2020) Review of "Ludvig Lorenz: A Nineteenth-century Theoretical Physicist". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 449-451).
Review Bruce J. Hunt (2019) Review of "Ludvig Lorenz: A Nineteenth-century Theoretical Physicist". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 370-372).
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