I am looking for books about 1800-1900 era physics, that aren't 100% popsci - a little bit of actual physics would be nice!
Any reccs?
Albert Einstein's book on relativity.
Physics for engineers
Actual books from that era
I'm curious why you wouldn't want newer books? Are you into physics history?
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>>7984177
this looks good
>>7984156
I just find it more interesting.
1) things were often simpler and easier for a mediocre physcist to understand. I may not be able to appreciate modern breakthroughs like grav waves, but I can appreciate stuff like special relativity and Maxwells unification
2) older physics is less well-known, and i feel like remembering dead physcists is somehow "right"
3) there was a very different style of physics, which is interesting to read about and compare to the modern day attitude
4) there were some really amazing things done back then
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Do you also want some medicine books from that era? Considering how much knowledge we've lost over the years, right?
>>7984365
>things were often simpler and easier for a mediocre physcist to understand
Vector Calculus was only invented in the latter half of the 19 century. Even simple things were fugly as fuck...
>>7984015
http://www.amazon.com/Principle-Relativity-Dover-Books-Physics/dp/0486600815/
http://www.amazon.com/Investigations-Theory-Brownian-Movement-Physics/dp/0486603040/
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_a_Heuristic_Point_of_View_about_the_Creation_and_Conversion_of_Light
