Format:
ix, 155 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Portraits
ISBN:
9789813147133
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981314713X
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9789813147140
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9813147148
Uniform Title:
Zur Theorie der Lichtstrahlen
Content:
"The 1882 paper by the mathematical physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff on diffraction theory is discussed to this day, but has never been translated into English. This volume contains the first English translation of the Kirchhoff treatise, as well as background and commentary on it. Included are a biographical introduction to Kirchhoff's life, an analysis of the reception to Kirchhoff's paper through the ages, a discussion on why Kirchhoff's theory manages to produce accurate predictions in spite of being "wrong", and views on the theory as well as its predecessor and subsequent developments. This anthology will make all English-speaking scientists, engineers, historians, and interested laymen aware of the great fecundity of Kirchhoff's though and historical context"...
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
Author information:
Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert 1824-1887
Author information:
Hentschel, Klaus 1961-
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