Masters of theory
Warwick, Andrew.
Masters of theory Cambridge and the rise of mathematical physics / [electronic resource] : Andrew Warwick. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003. - xiv, 572 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-547) and index.
1. Writing a pedagogical history of mathematical physics -- 2. The reform coach -- 3. A mathematical world on paper -- 4. Exercising the student body -- 5. Routh's men -- 6. Making sense of Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism in mid-Victorian Cambridge -- 7. Joseph Larmor, the electronic theory of matter, and the principle of relativity -- 8. Transforming the field -- 9. Through the convex looking glass -- Epilogue : training, continuity, and change.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
University of Cambridge--History--19th century.
Mathematical physics--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
QC19.6 / .W37 2003eb
530.15/09426/59/09034
Masters of theory Cambridge and the rise of mathematical physics / [electronic resource] : Andrew Warwick. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003. - xiv, 572 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-547) and index.
1. Writing a pedagogical history of mathematical physics -- 2. The reform coach -- 3. A mathematical world on paper -- 4. Exercising the student body -- 5. Routh's men -- 6. Making sense of Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism in mid-Victorian Cambridge -- 7. Joseph Larmor, the electronic theory of matter, and the principle of relativity -- 8. Transforming the field -- 9. Through the convex looking glass -- Epilogue : training, continuity, and change.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
University of Cambridge--History--19th century.
Mathematical physics--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
QC19.6 / .W37 2003eb
530.15/09426/59/09034