The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane Physics

By Shaul Katzir

Book Overview

Introduction.
1: The discovery of the piezoelectric effect.
2: The Road to the Descriptive Theory

3: Theories and models about the causes of the piezoelectric phenomena.
4: Theoretical elaboration of Voigt's theory.
5: Empirical work in the 1890s

Concluding Remarks
Appendix. 1. Earlier appearances of electricity by pressure.
Appendix 2. Mathematical Works on Voigt's General Theory

Appendix 3. Voigt's Concepts of Electric Charge

Appendix 4. Tables

Bilbliography

Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048171679
• ISBN13: 9789048171675
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"