Mathematical and Physical Papers 6 Volume Set

by William Thomson and James Prescott Joule

Book Overview

William Thomson, first Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), is best known for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature and for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics, though throughout his 53-year career as a mathematical physicist and engineer at the University of Glasgow he investigated a wide range of scientific questions in areas ranging from geology to transatlantic telegraph cables. The extent of his work is revealed in the six...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108029043
• ISBN13: 9781108029049
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 3202 Pages
• Weight: 10.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 10.7" x 13.3"