Foreword by Lu Yongxiang Foreword by Lu Yongxiang Since the birth of modern science, and in particular throughout the 20th century, we have continuously deepened our understandi...
Foreword by Philip Ball Foreword by Philip Ball The papers in these two volumes are drawn from the selection that appeared in Nature: The Living Record of Science, a multi-volum...
Mathematical and Physical Science Mathematical and Physical Science J. C. Maxwell Editor’s Note James Clerk Maxwell, probably the most perceptive physical scientist in the sec...
The Copley Medalist of 1870 The Copley Medalist of 1870 J. Tyndall Editor’s Note James prescott Joule was born in the city of Salford in Lancashire and worked either there or ...
On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies * On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies* J. C. Maxwell Editor’s Note Here James...
Maxwell’s Plan for Measuring the Ether Maxwell’s Plan for Measuring the Ether Editor’s Note One of the most remarkable of Maxwell’s scientific exploits was a scheme for telling...
On a New Kind of Rays * On a New Kind of Rays* W. C. Röntgen Editor’s Note This is an English translation of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s German report, in December 1895, of the...