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The Roots of Maxwell's A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field: Scotland and Tuscany, 'twinned by science' (2023)

Pelosi, Giuseppe (Author)
Stefano Selleri (Author)

Firenze University Press
Publication date: 2023
Language: English

ISBN: 9791221500578

Publication Date: 2023
Physical Details: 200 pp.

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Cross-national interaction Scientific communities; interprofessional relations Electromagnetism Physics Equations and formulae 19th century Scotland Tuscany (Italy) Felici, Riccardo Maxwell, James Clerk Mossotti, Ottaviano Fabrizio

The formulation of Maxwell’s equations completely defines the connection between the electric field and the magnetic field, definitively unifying electricity and magnetism and at the same time providing a theoretical synthesis of all the experimental phenomena connected to these areas. In his revolutionary 1864 memoir where J.C. Maxwell presented his equations, he cites a handful of scientists, which were at the basis of his Theory. This book, in its first part, presents an insight on all these latter scientists, reconstructing the scientific network behind Maxwell’s unification and, in the second part, focuses on the Italians in such a network: Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti and Riccardo Felici, with a further insight on the connections between Maxwell and Italy and, in particular, Tuscany.

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