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Theory of Heat: The Special and General Theory: Dover Books on Physics

Autor James Clerk Maxwell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mar 2003

Though James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) is best remembered for his epochal achievements in electricity and magnetism, he was wide-ranging in his scientific investigations, and he came to brilliant conclusions in virtually all of them. As James R. Newman put it, Maxwell "combined a profound physical intuition, an exquisite feeling for the relationship of objects, with a formidable mathematical capacity to establish orderly connections among diverse phenomena. This blending of the concrete and the abstract was the chief characteristic of almost all his researches."
Maxwell's work on heat and statistical physics has long been recognized as vitally important, but "Theory of Heat, " his own masterful presentation of his ideas, remained out of print for years before being brought back in this new edition. In this unjustly neglected classic, Maxwell sets forth the fundamentals of thermodynamics clearly and simply enough to be understood by a beginning student, yet with enough subtlety and depth of thought to appeal also to more advanced readers. He goes on to elucidate the fundamental ideas of kinetic theory, and -- through the mental experiment of "Maxwell's demon" -- points out how the Second Law of Thermodynamics relies on statistics.
A new Introduction and notes by Peter Pesic put Maxwell's work into context and show how it relates to the quantum ideas that emerged a few years later. Theory of Heat will serve beginners as a sound introduction to thermal physics; advanced students of physics and the history of science will find Maxwell's ideas stimulating, and will be delighted to discover this inexpensive reprint of a long-unavailable classic.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780486417356
ISBN-10: 0486417352
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 137 x 213 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:Dover.
Editura: Dover Publications
Seria Dover Books on Physics


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James Clerk Maxwell: In His Own Words — And Others Dover reprinted Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism in 1954, surely one of the first classics of scientific literature over a thousand pages in length to be given new life and accessibility to students and researchers as a result of the paperback revolution of the 1950s. Matter and Motion followed in 1991 and Theory of Heat in 2001. Some towering figures in science have to speak for themselves. Such is James Clerk Maxwell (1813-1879), the Scottish physicist and mathematician who formulated the basic equations of classical electromagnetic theory. In the Author's Own Words: "We may find illustrations of the highest doctrines of science in games and gymnastics, in traveling by land and by water, in storms of the air and of the sea, and wherever there is matter in motion." "The 2nd law of thermodynamics has the same degree of truth as the statement that if you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the same tumblerful of water out again." — James Clerk Maxwell Critical Acclaim for James Clerk Maxwell: "From a long view of the history of mankind — seen from, say, ten thousand years from now — there can be little doubt that the most significant event of the 19th century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics. The American Civil War will pale into provincial insignificance in comparison with this important scientific event of the same decade." — Richard P. Feynman "Maxwell's equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents." — Carl Sagan

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This classic sets forth the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetic theory simply enough to be understood by beginners, yet with enough subtlety to appeal to more advanced readers, too.

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Thermometry, or the registration of temperature; 3. Calorimetry, or the measurement of heat; 4. Elementary dynamical principles; 5. Measurement of internal forces and their effects; 6. Lines of equal temperature on the indicator diagram; 7. Adiabatic lines; 8. Heat engines; 9. Relations between the physical properties of a substance; 10. Latent heat; 11. Thermodynamics of gases; 12. On the intrinsic energy of a system of bodies; 13. On free expansion; 14. Determination of heights by the barometer; 15. On the propagation of waves of longitudinal disturbance; 16. On radiation; 17. On convection currents; 18. On the diffusion of heat by conduction; 19. On the diffusion of fluids; 20. On capillarity; 21. On elasticity and viscosity; 22. Molecular theory of the constitution of bodies.