Treatise on natural philosophy, by Sir William Thomson and Peter Guthrie Tait. (Hardcover)

~ William Thomson,Baron Kelvin (Author)

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• Hardcover: 572 pages
• Publisher: University of Michigan Library (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418169684
• ISBN-13: 978-1418169688
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,769,521 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Treatise on Natural Philosophy Review, October 20, 2008

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I began reading many of the treatises of the "masters" and their references. I found this particular treatise referenced more than once by Maxwell in his E&M treatise. The work is an encyclopedic review for those already familiar with kinematics and dynamics. This is not a teaching text containing derivations but a reference work along the lines of "Methods of Theoretical Physics" by Morris and Feshbach.

I loved the sections on instrumentation demonstrating the extent you must actually go to master experimental physics. I also agree more with the philosophy of that time which treated science as simply the exploration for explanations of phenomena using mathematics as the consolidating shorthand tool (bottom up approach) rather than the present day lifeless mathematics presentations with little if any connection to the physics (top down approach).