The formulation of Maxwell’s equations completely defines the connection between the electric field and the magnetic field, definitively unifying electricity and magnetism and at the same time providing a theoretical synthesis of all the experimental phenomena connected to these areas. In his revolutionary 1864 memoir where J.C. Maxwell presented his equations, he cites a handful of scientists, which were at the basis of his Theory. This book, in its first part, presents an insight on all these latter scientists, reconstructing the scientific network behind Maxwell’s unification and, in the second part, focuses on the Italians in such a network: Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti and Riccardo Felici, with a further insight on the connections between Maxwell and Italy and, in particular, Tuscany.
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Book Title
The Roots of Maxwell’s A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
Book Subtitle
Scotland and Tuscany, 'twinned by science'
Authors
Giuseppe Pelosi, Stefano Selleri
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
208
Publication Year
2023
Copyright Information
© 2023 Author(s)
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Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0058-5
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0057-8
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0058-5
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919