Oliver Lodge and the Liverpool Physical Society

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    • Rowlands, Peter
    • University of Liverpool. Dept. of History

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Oliver Lodge and the Liverpool Physical Society

by Peter Rowlands

（Liverpool historical studies, no. 4）

Published for the Department of History, University of Liverpool [by] Liverpool University Press, 1990

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

In 1889, Liverpool's first Professor of Physics, Oliver Lodge, was invited to form a society for the cultivation of physics in the city. Lodge is commonly regarded as a conservative in comparison with many of the physicists of his time, a time when the most fundamental theories and discoveries about the nature of space, matter and time were being made. However, this book argues that this view needs to be modified. It advances the idea that Lodge's theory of "ether", his attempt to provide a unified explanation for the nuclear physics, has been somewhat revived by recent work in quantum electro-dynamics. However, the book stresses that no assessment of Lodge's can be complete without considering his influence as an educator and expounder of comlex ideas of which he had a remarkable grasp which he could communicate with great lucidity.

目次

  • Part 1 Origins of the society: inauguration, 1889
  • the prelude - electromagnetic waves, 1887-1888
  • electromagnetic waves established, 1888-1889. Part 2 Lodge as president: the takeover, 1889-1890
  • aberration and photography 1890-1891
  • ether drag, 1891-1892
  • the society is organized, 1892-1893. Part 3 Popular success: collaborations, 1893-1894
  • radio transmission, 1894
  • sensational discoveries, 1894-1895
  • x-rays 1895-1896. Part 4 Expanding horizons: The British Association 1896
  • the end of the ether drag, 1897
  • electrons and corpuscles, 1897
  • the merger, 1897-1898
  • awards and honours, 1898-1899. Part 5 Celebrated speaker: modern views on matter, 1899-1900
  • transfer to Birmingham, 1900-1901
  • the astronomical electron, 1901-1903
  • the ethereal electron, 1903-1907
  • last lecture at the society, 1907-1908. Part 6 Elder Statesman: continuity, 1908-1915
  • the challenge of relativity, 1915-1921
  • last lectures in Liverpool, 1921-1927
  • the survival of the ether, 1927-1933.

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