Baltimore Lectures On Molecular Dynamics And The Wave Theory Of Light

摘要: The mathematical physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1904) is best known for devising the scale of absolute temperature his work on first second laws thermodynamics. lectures in this collection demonstrate an attempt by to formulate a physical model existence ether. This concept medium light propagation became prominent late nineteenth century, arising from combination Maxwell's equations stating that electromagnetic wave with demands Newtonian physics must move unique reference frame. First published 1904, Kelvin's describe difficulties inherent model. These problems ether are credited inspiring Einstein devise theory special relativity photoelectric effect, both which central modern physics.