The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

Mahon, Basil

ISBN 10: 0470861711 / ISBN 13: 9780470861714

Published by Wiley, 2004

About this Item

2004. paperback. Contents 1. A A country boy 2. A Pins and string 3. A Philosophy 4. A Learning to juggle 5. A Blue and yellow make pink 6. A Saturn and statistics 7. A Cast of characters 8. A Spinning cells 9. A The beautiful equations 10. A The Laird at home 11. A The Cavendish 12. A Last days 13. A Maxwella s legacy 14. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 108 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470861711
• ISBN 13: 9780470861714
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

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.