‘Our Friend of Brilliant Ideas’: G. F. Fitzgerald and the Maxwellian Circle

From the late 1870s until his death in 1901, the Irish physicist G. F. Fitzgerald was one of the most active and influential proponents of Maxwell's theory of the electromagnetic field. Along with Oliver Lodge, Oliver Heaviside, Heinrich Hertz, and other ‘Maxwellians’, Fitzgerald took the lead...

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Published in:European review (Chichester, England) England), 2007-10, Vol.15 (4), p.531-544
Main Author: HUNT, BRUCE J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electromagnetic fields
Electromagnetism
Fitzgerald, George Francis (1851-1901)
Focus: Fitzgerald and the Maxwellians
Physicists
Physics
Science history
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Summary:From the late 1870s until his death in 1901, the Irish physicist G. F. Fitzgerald was one of the most active and influential proponents of Maxwell's theory of the electromagnetic field. Along with Oliver Lodge, Oliver Heaviside, Heinrich Hertz, and other ‘Maxwellians’, Fitzgerald took the lead in extending Maxwell's theory, clarifying its expression, and subjecting it to experimental test. The surviving correspondence of this Maxwellian circle provides a window into the workings of late Victorian physics and into the private side of scientific communication.
ISSN:1062-7987
1474-0575
DOI:10.1017/S1062798707000518