Market: Physicists, interested lay readers, and historians of science. This survey of the history of electrodynamics provides insight into the revolutionary advances made in physics during 19th and the first quarter of the 20th centuries. The first volume covers the theories of classical physics from the time of Plato to the end of the 19th century. The second volume examines the origins of the discoveries that paved the way for modern physics with the emphasis on special relativity, quantum theories, general relativity, matrix mechanics, and wave mechanics.
- ISBN10 0883185237
- ISBN13 9780883185230
- Publish Date 1 January 1986
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 July 1998
- Publish Country US
- Imprint American Institute of Physics
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Language English