The man who changed everything

The life of James Claerk Maxwell

Basil Mahon

244 pages, parution le 03/09/2003

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Résumé

Since Maxwell's time, physical reality has been thought of as represented by continuous fields, and not capable of any mechanical interpretation. This change in the conception of reality is the most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton.

Albert Einstein

He is easily, to physicists, the most magical figure of the nineteenth century.

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Introduction
A country boy: Glenlair 1831-1841
Pins and string: Edinburgh Academy 1841-1847
Philosophy: Edinburgh University 1847-1850
Learning to juggle: Cambridge 1850-1854
Blue and yellow make pink: Cambridge 1854-1856
Saturn and statistics: Aberdeen 1856-1860
Spinning cells: London 1860-1862
The beautiful equations: London 1862-1865
The Laird at home: Glenlair 1865-1870
The Cavendish: Cambridge 1870-1879
Last days
Maxwell's legacy
Notes
Bibliography
Index

L'auteur - Basil Mahon

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.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Basil Mahon
Parution	03/09/2003
Nb. de pages	244
Format	14 x 22,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	455g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470860885
ISBN13	978-0-470-86088-5