Gustav Robert Kirchhoff's treatise "On the theory of light rays" (1882): English translation, analysis and commentary

"The 1882 paper by the mathematical physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff on diffraction theory is discussed to this day, but has never been translated into English. This volume contains the first English translation of the Kirchhoff treatise, as well as background and commentary on it. Included ar...

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1. Verfasser: Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert 1824-1887 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hentschel, Klaus 1961- (HerausgeberIn), Zhu, Ningyan 1960- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Jersey ; London ; Singapore ; Beijing ; Shanghai ; Hong Kong ; Taipei ; Chennai ; Tokyo World Scientific [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:"The 1882 paper by the mathematical physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff on diffraction theory is discussed to this day, but has never been translated into English. This volume contains the first English translation of the Kirchhoff treatise, as well as background and commentary on it. Included are a biographical introduction to Kirchhoff's life, an analysis of the reception to Kirchhoff's paper through the ages, a discussion on why Kirchhoff's theory manages to produce accurate predictions in spite of being "wrong", and views on the theory as well as its predecessor and subsequent developments. This anthology will make all English-speaking scientists, engineers, historians, and interested laymen aware of the great fecundity of Kirchhoff's though and historical context"...
Beschreibung:ix, 155 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Portraits
ISBN:9789813147133
981314713X
9789813147140
9813147148

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