Energy, Force and Matter

by Peter Michael Harman

1982 · Cambridge University Press

By focusing on the conceptual issues faced by nineteenth century physicists, this book clarifies the status of field theory, the ether, and thermodynamics in the work of the period. A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.

Genius Explained

by Michael J. A. Howe

2001 · Cambridge University Press

This study controversially suggests genius is made not born by tracing the lives of famous figures.