Great progress has been made in electrical science, chiefly in Germany, by cultivators of the theory of action at a distance. The valuable electrical measurements of W. Weber are interpreted by him according to this theory, and the electromagnetic speculation which was originated by Gauss, and carried on by Weber, Riemann, F. and C. Neumann, Lorenz, etc. , is founded on the theory of action at a distance, but depending either directly on the relative velocity of the particles, or on the gradual propagation of something, whether potential or force, from the one particle to the other. The great success which these eminent men have attained in the application of mathematics to electrical phenomena, gives, as is natural, additional weight to their theoretical speculations, so that those who, as students of electricity, turn to them as the greatest authorities in mathematical electricity, would probably imbibe, along with their mathematical methods, their physical hypothesis. These physical hypotheses, however, are entirely alien from the way of looking at things which I adopt, and one object which I have in view is that some of those who wish to study electricity may, by reading this treatise, come to see that there is another way of treating the subject, which is no less fitted to explain the phenomena, and which, though in some parts it may appear less definite, corresponds, as I think, more faithfuHy with our actual knowledge, both in what it affirms and in what it leaves undecided.389.951389.95Andre Koch Torres Assis210C5F62-4C85-4C74-A659-E314C7345DF1978079233242897807923324290007115, 126.67TPPaperbackCouverture soupleengSpringerSpringer5691.219.216.141.811.219.216.14211994-11-01T05:00:00ZVolume 1: A Unified Approach to Kinetic Description of Processes in Active SystemsStatistical Theory of Open SystemsP10117Science & NatureSCIENCE01AGeneral ScienceMAT029000, SCI077000, TEC021000EngineeringBooks > Science & Nature > Science > Engineeringhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0792332423.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=enhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0792332423.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=frhttps://www. indigo. ca/en-ca/statistical-theory-of-open-systems-volume-1-a-unified-approach-to-kinetic-description-of-processes-in-active-systems/9780792332428.htmlhttps://www. indigo. ca/fr-ca/statistical-theory-of-open-systems-volume-1-a-unified-approach-to-kinetic-description-of-processes-in-active-systems/9780792332428.htmlLet us begin by quoting from the Preface to the author's Statistical Physics (Moscow, Nauka 1982; also published in English by Harwood in 1986): '''My God! Yet another book on statistical physics! There's no room on my bookshelves left!' Such emotionsare quite understandable. Beforejumping to conclusions, however, it would be worthwhile to read the Introduction and look through the table of contents. Then the reader will find that this book is totally different from the existing courses, fundamental and concise. ... We do not use the conventional division into statistical theories ofequilibrium and nonequilibrium states. Rather than that, the theory ofnonequilibrium state is the basis and the backbone oftheentirecourse. ... This approach allows us to develop a unified method for statistical description ofa very broadclassofsystems. ... The author certainly does not wish to exaggerate the advantages of the book, considering it asjustthe first attemptto create a textbookofa new kind. The next step in this direction was the author's Turbulent Motion and the Structure of Chaos (Moscow, Nauka 1990; Kluwer Academic Publishers 1991). This book is subtitled A New Approach to the Statistical Theory of Open Systems. Naturally, the "new approach" is not meant to defy the consistent and efficient methods of the conventional statistical theory; itshould be regarded as auseful reinforcementofsuch methods. | Weber's Electrodynamics by Yu L Klimontovich, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters