Frequency, theorem and formula
Remembering Joseph Larmor in electromagnetic theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20316346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Warwick (St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Desmond George King-Hele (St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-60 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.1993.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W2171003198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Joseph Larmor (1857-1942) was one of the most distinguished British mathematical physicists of the late-nineteenth century. He introduced both the electron and the so-called Lorentz transformations into physics. His book of 1900, Aether and Matter, l helped to establish a research school that guided the development of mathematical electromagnetic theory in Cambridge until the end of World War I. Today, however, Larmor is widely remembered by scientists for just two formulae and one theorem which, although correctly attributed to him, have been seen by historians of science as tangential to his main research interests. Indeed, none of the recent scholarly studies of Larmor’s scientific work even mention the now famous formulae and theorem. In this essay I review Larmor’s contribution to post-Maxwellian electromagnetic theory and explain the origin of the specific results upon which his reputation now rests
Electromagnetic theory · Epistemology · Introspection · Larmor precession · Magnetic field · Physics · Quantum mechanics · Theoretical physics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |