Science in the making : scientific development as chronicled by historic papers in the Philosophical magazine, with commentaries and illustrations
- edited by E.A. Davis.
- London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, c1995-
- Physical description
- v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Davis, E. A. (Edward Arthur), 1936-
- Part One Early Papers. Part Two Electricity discovered: the voltaic pile to the electric motor. Part Three Sir Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday. Part Four Miscellany. Part Five On the nature of light and matter. Part Six Electricity and magnetism.Part Seven James Prescott Joule.
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- v. 1. 1798-1850-- v. 2. 1850-1900-- v. 3. 1900-1950.
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- Publisher's Summary
- This is the third of four volumes covering the history of scientific development as reflected in the papers published in the "Philosophical Magazine". The period covered in this volume was one of almost unparalleled advances in physics, with such events as the discovery of the cause and nature of radioactivity, the crystalline structure of copper, the mass spectra of chemical elements and the structure of the atom. Full of informed commentaries and containing illustrations of historical apparatus, the book provides a thorough overview of the major scientific breakthroughs of the day.
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- During its 200-year history, the Philosophical Magazine was transformed from a journal that published papers on all aspects of science to one that specialised in physics and more latterly in condensed matter. From 1950 it became a journal of choice for electron microscopists and in this fourth and last volume of the series, appear classic papers by Hirsch, Whelan, Brown and Cockayne, amongst others. Also reproduced are seminal papers by Anderson, Mott, Spear and Sadoc on disordered and non-crystalline materials - work on which earned Anderson and Mott (along with van Vleck) the Nobel prize for Physics in 1977. Other important articles included are by Frank, Onsager, Pippard, Heine, Ziman, Thouless and Pepper. An interesting link with the past is a paper by Weaire and Phelan challenging Lord Kelvin's hundred-year old conjecture concerning the space-filling of cells with minimal interfacial area; Kelvin's paper was published in the journal in 1887. A comprehensive author index, with titles, for all four volumes completes the series.
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- This text celebrates, in four volumes, the bicentenary of the "Philosophical Magazine" and chronicles the history of scientific development as chronicled in its pages. Each volume reviews a 50 year period and contains not only classical works but also papers of an amusing or controversial nature. Commentaries preceding each part set the papers in the context of the time.; Volume One 1798-1850 reproduces, in their original form, many celebrated papers of Davy, Faraday and Joule, as well as many papers on the nature of light and matter. Forewords by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Nevill Mott and Professor John Meurig Thomas, in addition to a preface and introduction, trace the development of the "Philosophical Magazine" and provide an overview of scientific thought and achievements during the first half of the 19th century.
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- Volume Two of the Science in the Making Series covers the scientific advancements of the day between 1850 and 1900 as reported in the Philosophical Magazine. This period culminated with the discovery of the electron, Xrays and radioactivity. This beautifully produced volume contains facsimiles of original papers by eminent scientists including Kelvin, Foucault, Clausius, Kirchhoff, Bunsen, Rydberg, Zeeman, Maxwell, Rayleigh and JJ Thomson. Ground breaking papers include those of Michelson and Morley (the most significant negative result in the whole of physics), Clausius first mentioning entropy in his 1866 paper, Maxwell's theory of the electromagnetic nature of light, Hertz on radiowaves, Dewar's account of the liquifaction of oxygen, and JJ Thomson's discovery of the electron, and Bunsen on what we now call flame tests for salts of the alkali metals. This volume chronicles a half a century of scientific progress, containing not only classic works but also papers of an amusing and controversial nature, reflecting the era. Papers are reproduced in their original form and are preceded by informative commentaries setting the papers in the context of their time. It includes plates of historic apparatus and portraits of celebrated scientists of the time. Davis; E. A. University of Leicester, England, .
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