Hot molecules, cold electrons : from the mathematics of heat to the development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable / Paul J. Nahin.
Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]Description: xiii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780691191720
- 0691191727
- Fourier, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 1768-1830
- Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907
- Fourier, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 1768-1830
- Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907
- Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph 1768-1830
- Kelvin, William Thomson 1824-1907
- Heat equation
- Transatlantic cables
- Mathematical physics
- Heat equation
- Mathematical physics
- Transatlantic cables
- Seekabel
- Leitungsgleichungen
- Telegrafennetz
- Atlantischer Ozean
- 515/.353 23
- QA377 .N34 2020
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Includes notes (pages 195-205) and index.
Mathematics and physics -- Fourier's mathematics -- The heat equation -- Solving the heat equation -- William Thomson and the infinitely long telegraph cable equation -- Epilogue.
"An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable."--Inside cover.