This graduate-level text presents a single-volume study of the principles behind several branches and their interrelationships. Compact but far-reaching, it is arranged according to formalisms, starting with a detailed consideration of the Lagrangian variety. Other topics include canonical formalism; canonical form of electrodynamics; Hamiltonian densities; transformations; and more. 1959 edition. Unabridged republication of the edition published by North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1959.
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The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Vol. 2 by James Clerk Maxwell These 101 scientific papers, arranged chronologically in two volumes, testify to the great physicist's scientific legacy and offer students of mathematics and physics stimulating reading. 197 figures. 39 tables. 1890 edition.
The Principles of Physical Optics: An Historical and Philosophical Treatment by Ernst Mach The famous physicist explains early experiments, studies on polarization, the mathematical representation of the properties of light, and refinements and advances in theory. 279 figures. 10 portraits. 1926 edition.
