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.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6826-0955
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Titolo del libro
The Roots of Maxwell’s A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
Sottotitolo del libro
Scotland and Tuscany, 'twinned by science'
Autori
Giuseppe Pelosi, Stefano Selleri
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
208
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
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
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919