This book provides a chronological introduction to the electromagnetic theory of light, using selected extracts from classic texts such as Gilbert’s De Magnete, Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, and Huygens’ Treatise on Light.
Dr. Kerry K. Kuehn is Professor in the Department of Physics at Wisconsin Lutheran College. He is a member of the American Physical Society and is also an Advisory Council member for NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and Fidelitas (WLC Honors Program).
From the Contents: Iron, Loadstones and Terrestrial Magnetism.- The Life and Death of a Magnet.- Conservation of Electrical Charge.- Muschenbroek's Wonderful Bottle.- Thunder and Lightning.- Coulomb's Law.- The Dawn of Electro-Magnetism.- Electric Currents, Magnetic Forces.- Work and Weight.- Kinetic and Potential Energy.- Conservation of Energy.
