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Robert Mayer and the Conservation of Energy
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Main Details
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Robert Mayer and the Conservation of Energy
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Kenneth L. Caneva
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| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:464 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | History of science
Classical mechanics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691634357
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| Classifications | Dewey:531.6092 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
19 April 2016 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The principle of the conservation of energy was among the most important developments of nineteenth-century physics, and Robert Mayer, a physician from a small city in Germany, was one of its codiscoverers. As ship's doctor on a voyage to the Dutch East Indies in 1840, Mayer noticed that the venous blood he let from a European seaman was lighter th
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