Excellent treatment of Electrodynamics and Relativity Theory from an honest historical point of view. Whittaker's views are suppressed because he was brave enough to tell the truth about the factual contributions of Einstein to the Relativity Theory (properly attributed to Poincaré and Lorentz).
Author(s): E.T. Whittaker
Edition: Revised and Enlarged
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
Year: 1951
Language: English
Pages: 446
City: London
Preface......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Memorandum on Notation......Page 12
I. THE THEORY OF THE AETHER TO THE DEATH OF NEWTON......Page 13
II. ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC SCIENCE PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE POTENTIALS......Page 45
III. GALVANISM, FROM GALVANI TO OHM......Page 79
IV. THE LUMINIFEROUS MEDIUM, FROM BRADLEY TO FRESNEL......Page 106
V. THE AETHER AS AN ELASTIC SOLID......Page 140
VI. FARADAY......Page 182
VII. THE MATHEMATICAL ELECTRICIANS OF THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 210
VIII. MAXWELL......Page 252
IX. MODELS OF THE AETHER......Page 291
X. THE FOLLOWERS OF MAXWELL......Page 316
XI. CONDUCTION IN SOLUTIONS AND GASES, FROM FARADAY TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE ELECTRON......Page 347
XII. CLASSICAL RADIATION-THEORY......Page 379
XIII. CLASSICAL THEORY IN THE AGE OF LORENTZ......Page 398
Index of Authors Cited......Page 441
