Memoir and Scientific Correspondence of the Late Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart. - Selected and Arranged by Joseph Larmor (Paperback)

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge and President of the Royal Society, Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819 1904) made substantial contributions to the fields of fluid dynamics, optics, physics, and geodesy, in which numerous discoveries still bear his name. The Memoir and Scientific Correspondence of the Late Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart., edited by Joseph Larmor, offers rare insight into this capacious scientific mind, with letters attesting to the careful, engaged experimentation that earned him international acclaim. Volume 2 (1907) includes important professional correspondence with James Clerk Maxwell, James Prescott Joule, and many others, with particular attention given to Stokes' activities with the British Meteorological Society. Many of his foundational innovations in optics are also explicated in these letters, serving in place of the authoritative volume he unfortunately never had the opportunity to complete.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences, Volume 2
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	February 2010
Authors:	George Gabriel Stokes
Editors:	Joseph Larmor
Dimensions:	216 x 29 x 140mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	520
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-00892-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-108-00892-5
Barcode:	9781108008921

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