The Correspondence between Sir George Gabriel Stokes and Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-521-32831-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 853 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 2085 g

G. G. Stokes and Lord Kelvin helped bring about conceptual and institutional changes that transformed the science of physics. Indeed, they and their Victorian colleagues constituted one of the most significant groups of scientists in the whole history of science. This collection of letters was first published in 1990, and provides, therefore, invaluable insight and information for a period of major historical importance. Stokes and Kelvin corresponded for over fifty years as professors in Cambridge and Glasgow, respectively, thus amassing what is easily the largest extant correspondence between two Victorian physicists. The letters range widely over the people, ideas, and institutions of the age. They illuminate the histories of Cambridge and Glasgow Universities and the Royal Society of London, for example, as well as developments in electromagnetism, hydrodynamics, elasticity, optics, and X-rays. The editor's introduction describes the context of the pair's careers, while guiding the reader into their correspondence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelvin, Baron William Thomson

Thomson, William

Stokes, Sir George Gabriel

Stokes, George Gabriel

Kelvin, Lord

Wilson, David B.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Preface; Explanatory notes; Introduction; List of letters; The correspondence (1846–1969); Part II: Explanatory notes; The correspondence (1870–1901); Index of publications by Stokes and Kelvin; Index of names and subjects.