(1909), "Bakerian lecture.―On the statistical and thermodynamical relations of radiant energy", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A 83 no: 560, pages: 82–95, DOI:
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The direct knowledge of matter that mankind can acquire is a knowledge of the average behaviour and relations of the crowd of molecules.
— Joseph Larmor
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About Joseph Larmor
Sir Joseph Larmor FRS (11 July 1857 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish physicist and mathematician, known for Larmor precession and other contributions to electromagnetism, classical mechanics, and thermodynamics.
About Joseph Larmor
Sir Joseph Larmor FRS (11 July 1857 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish physicist and mathematician, known for Larmor precession and other contributions to electromagnetism, classical mechanics, and thermodynamics.
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