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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2011
      June 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139057943
      9781108032018
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139057943
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.42kg, 328 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Science, Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics, Engineering: General Interest, General Science
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
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    Subjects:
    History of Science, Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics, Engineering: General Interest, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
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    Best known for his theory of electromagnetism, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) was Cambridge University's first Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics. Albert Einstein described his work as 'the most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton'. He carried out brilliant work in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, laying the foundation for the kinetic theory of gases. This book, published originally in 1871, summarises his work in this field. It includes the 'Maxwell relations' that still feature in every standard text on thermodynamics. It also outlines his famous thought experiment, later named Maxwell's 'demon'. This idea, which appeared to contradict the second law of thermodynamics, would inspire scientific debate well into the twentieth century. More recently, it has sparked developments in the new sciences of nanotechnology and quantum computing.

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