A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity - The Modern Theories v2

Excellent treatment of Electrodynamics and Relativity Theory from an honest historical point of view. Whittaker's views are suppressed because he was brave enough to tell the truth about the factual contributions of Einstein to the Relativity Theory (properly attributed to Poincaré and Lorentz). Preface......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Memorandum on Notation......Page 9 I. THE AGE OF RUTHERFORD......Page 10 II. THE RELATIVITY THEORY OF POINCARE AND LORENTZ......Page 36 III. THE BEGINNINGS OF QUANTUM THEORY......Page 87 IV. SPECTROSCOPY IN THE OLDER QUANTUM THEORY......Page 115 V. GRAVITATION......Page 153 VI. RADIATION AND ATOMS IN THE OLDER QUANTUM THEORY......Page 206 VII. MAGNETISM AND ELECTROMAGNETISM, 1900—26......Page 247 VIII. THE DISCOVERY OF MATRIX-MECHANICS......Page 262 IX. THE DISCOVERY OF WAVE-MECHANICS......Page 277 Index of Authors Cited......Page 317 Subject Index......Page 323