A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

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First published 1873

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About this book

Maxwell's own account of the field theory that unified electricity, magnetism and light.

The author

James Clerk Maxwell

1831–1879 · Scottish physicist

Professor at Cambridge
Professor at King's College London
Fellow of the Royal Society

Profession: Physicist, Mathematician, Professor
Worked at: King's College London, Cambridge, Marischal College
Studied at: Cambridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Academy
Studied under: William Hopkins
Prizes: Adams Prize (1857), Rumford Medal (1860), Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1866), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1856), Fellow of the Royal Society (1861), Smith's Prize (1854), Keith Medal (1869)

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Reading order

Prerequisite: Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume I (Faraday)

Which edition

Recommended: 2 volumes; year is the first edition (Clarendon Press, Oxford)

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Editions

58 editions · 7 hardcover, 7 paperback

First published 1873

Earliest edition listed: 1873 · Clarendon Press

1873 · Clarendon Press
1873 · Clarendon Press
1873 · Clarendon Press
1873 · Clarendon Press
1873 · Clarendon Press
1873 · Clarendon
1881 · Clarendon Press · 2d ed.
1881 · Clarendon Press · 2nd ed.

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1881 · Clarendon Press · 2d ed.
1881 · Clarendon Press · 2d ed.
1881 · Clarendon Press · 2d ed.
1881 · Clarendon Press · 2d ed.
1881 · Clarendon Press · 2nd ed.
1892 · Clarendon · 3d ed.
1892 · Clarendon Press · 3d ed.
1904 · Clarendon · 3d ed.
1904 · Clarendon · [Electronic Resource] / · 3rd ed.
1953 · Academic Reprints · 3d ed.
1954 · Dover Publications · 3rd ed.
1954 · Dover Publcations · Unabridged 3d ed · ISBN 9784866063683
1954 · Dover Publications · Unabridged 3rd ed.
1954 · Dover Publications · Unabridged 3rd ed. · ISBN 9781177759199
1954 · Dover · 3rded. / unabridged.
1967 · Readex Microprint · Microform
1998 · Clarendon Press · Unabridged 3rd ed. · ISBN 9780198503736
2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · Paperback · ISBN 9780548314449
2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · Hardcover · ISBN 9780548371336
2010 · Nabu Press · Paperback · ISBN 9781144753632
2010 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9781108014045
2010 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · ISBN 9781108014038
2010 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · ISBN 9781108014052
2011 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780511709333
2011 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780511709340
2013 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781494459017
2015 · Arkose Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9781345564860
2015 · Arkose Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9781345628456
2015 · Arkose Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9781346263663
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780353232884
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780343966003
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780343966010
2018 · Franklin Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780342853649
2018 · Franklin Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780342007585
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780353232891
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780344897405
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780343192976
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781376485042
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780343753047
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780343753030
2018 · Franklin Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780341794776
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015488380
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015483729
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015399792
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015404304
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015401594
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015396876
Unabridged 3rd edition
Clarendon Press
Dover Publications · ISBN 9780486606361

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Subjects

Physics