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1873 books by James Clerk Maxwell
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Title page from volume I of Maxwell's masterwork
Author
James Clerk Maxwell
Language
English
Subject
Electromagnetism
Mathematical physics
Genre
Non-fiction
treatise
scientific writing
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1873
Publication place
England
Text
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A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is a two-volume treatise on electromagnetism written by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873. Maxwell was revising the Treatise for a second edition when he died in 1879. The revision was completed by William Davidson Niven for publication in 1881. A third edition was prepared by J. J. Thomson for publication in 1892.
The treatise is said to be notoriously hard to read, containing plenty of ideas but lacking both the clear focus and orderliness that may have allowed it catch on more easily.[1] It was noted by one historian of science that Maxwell's attempt at a comprehensive treatise on all of electrical science tended to bury the important results of his work under "long accounts of miscellaneous phenomena discussed from several points of view."[1] He goes on to say that, outside the treatment of the Faraday effect, Maxwell failed to expound on his earlier work, especially the generation of electromagnetic waves and the derivation of the laws governing reflection and refraction.[1]
Maxwell introduced the use of vector fields, and his labels have been perpetuated:
A (vector potential), B (magnetic induction), C (electric current), D (displacement), E (electric field – Maxwell's electromotive intensity), F (mechanical force), H (magnetic field – Maxwell's magnetic force).[2]
Maxwell's work is considered an exemplar of rhetoric of science:[3]
Lagrange's equations appear in the Treatise as the culmination of a long series of rhetorical moves, including (among others) Green's theorem, Gauss's potential theory and Faraday's lines of force – all of which have prepared the reader for the Lagrangian vision of a natural world that is whole and connected: a veritable sea change from Newton's vision.
^ abcBruce J. Hunt (1991) The Maxwellians, page 13
^Mark P. Silverman (1998) Waves and Grains: reflections on light and learning, pages 205, 6, Princeton University Press ISBN 0-691-00113-8
^Thomas K. Simpson (2010) Maxwell's Mathematical Rhetoric: rethinking the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, page xiii, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Green Lion Press
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