Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1

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Everyone knows who Einstein is and E=MC^2, and newton and his basic contribution to physics. But the average person has no idea who Maxwell is or how prolific his contributions to physics and modern society. This is a classic book and a great read. I don't have the math background for a good part of it, but it is still worthwhile reading the theorems and his commentary and discussion. As a reprint this is clean, though I wish someone would typeset this to a less cluttered font and presentation. Worthwhile in anyone's library.

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I order this on a manic learning spree. It is really cool, a piece of history. But I gave it to my coworker better versed in modern physics and math. I couldn't decipher it. She was ecstatic though. Worth it if you know your math.

There's alot of interesting stuff here. Very informative about history yes, but it is still probably the best text on eletromagnetic theory. There is some advanced math in here. I only read part of it for a research project(its huge). From this(and the equation contained within) came the basis for all of modern physics. Maxwell's equations are inconsistent in some ways with classical mechanics. To compensate, physicists had to create relatvity and quantum mechanics. Maxwell's work was not all new stuff. He took other people's theories and summed them up in his book. He then predicted the existence of EM waves and such .

I have to admit I haven't read this book; I bought it because Maxwell's equations represent one of the great advance in Physics, i.e. the integration of electricity and magnetism into a single theory. I have read that many physicists didn't understand the work when it was first published. Anyone who is serious about reading this book might want to purchase "A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations" by Daniel Fleisch

Item arrived quickly, undamaged, and is the text of Maxwell's Published Treatise - Thanks !