Matter and motion

Abstract

This primer on physics, written in 1877 by most eminent physicist of 19th century, is intended as a brief introduction to Newtonian mechanics for students and educated lay readers. Einstein described Maxwell's influence on scientific understanding of physical universe as the most profound and most fruitful that physics has experienced since time of Newton. Maxwell's ideas also laid groundwork for Max Planck's subsequent development of quantum hypothesis. Complete with many useful illustrations to clarify concepts discussed in text, this accessible work is well suited for history of science courses or as a still-relevant introduction to basic physics for average reader.

Cite this work

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 141 citations exist upstream.