The Man Who Changed Everything

Basil Mahon

ISBN 10: 0470861711 / ISBN 13: 9780470861714

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc, US, 2004

About this Item

"Mahon has written a first-rate book on Maxwell's science and legacy."-New Scientist This is the first biography in twenty years of James Clerk Maxwell, one of the greatest scientists of our time and yet a man relatively unknown to the wider public. Approaching science with a freshness unbound by convention or previous expectations, he produced some of the most original scientific thinking of the nineteenth century - and his discoveries went on to shape the twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Changed Everything
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470861711
• ISBN 13: 9780470861714
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 268 grams

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Synopsis

"Mahon has written a first-rate book on Maxwell's science and legacy."
―New Scientist

This is the first biography in twenty years of James Clerk Maxwell, one of the greatest scientists of our time and yet a man relatively unknown to the wider public. Approaching science with a freshness unbound by convention or previous expectations, he produced some of the most original scientific thinking of the nineteenth century ― and his discoveries went on to shape the twentieth century.

About the Author

Basil Mahon is a former officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and a graduate in Engineering. He is a retired Government Civil Servant and ran the 1991 census in England and Wales.
He has a long-time passion for the physical sciences and has for many years been fascinated by the impact that Maxwell has had on all our lives.