Cohesion : a scientific history of intermolecular forces / / J.S. Rowlinson [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Rowlinson J. S (John Shipley), <1926->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 333 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 541.2/26
• Soggetto topico: Cohesion
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Newton. Newton's legacy -- Newton's heirs -- On the continent -- Science at a halt -- Laplace. Laplace in 1805 -- Capillarity -- Burying Laplacian physics -- Crystals -- Elasticity of plates -- Elasticity of solids -- Van der Waals. 1820-1870 -- Clausius and Maxwell -- Van der Waal's thesis -- 1873-1900 -- Electrical molecule -- Resolution. Dispersion forces -- Argon -- Water -- Action at a distance -- Solids and liquids.
• Sommario/riassunto: Why does matter stick together? Why do gases condense to liquids, and liquids to solids? This book provides a detailed historical account of how some of the leading scientists of the past three centuries have tried to answer these questions. The topic of cohesion and the study of intermolecular forces has been an important component of physical science research for hundreds of years. This book is organised into four broad periods of advances in our understanding. The first three are associated with Newton, Laplace and van der Waals. The final section gives an account of the successful use in the twentieth century of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to resolve most of the remaining problems. The book will be of primary interest to physical chemists and physicists, as well as historians of science interested in the historical origins of our modern day understanding of cohesion.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cohesion
• ISBN: 1-107-13219-3; 0-511-04213-2; 1-280-41946-6; 9786610419463; 0-511-17830-1; 0-511-14878-X; 0-511-33053-7; 0-511-53542-2; 0-511-04496-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450307803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II