Hot molecules, cold electrons : from the mathematics of heat to the development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable / Paul J. Nahin.
2020
QA377 .N34 2020
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Hot molecules, cold electrons : from the mathematics of heat to the development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable / Paul J. Nahin.
Author
Nahin, Paul J., author.
ISBN
9780691199948 (electronic book)
0691199949 (electronic book)
9780691191720
0691191727
0691199949 (electronic book)
9780691191720
0691191727
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages) : illustrations.
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QA377 .N34 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
515/.353
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Includes notes (pages 195-205) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Table of Contents
Mathematics and physics
Fourier's mathematics
The heat equation
Solving the heat equation
William Thomson and the infinitely long telegraph cable equation
Epilogue.
Fourier's mathematics
The heat equation
Solving the heat equation
William Thomson and the infinitely long telegraph cable equation
Epilogue.