Man Who Changed Everything The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

Name: Man Who Changed Everything The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
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ISBN: 9780470861714

ISBN-10: 0470861711

ISBN-13: 9780470861714

Edition: 2004

Authors: Basil Mahon

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This is a biography 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.

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.80" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgements


Chronology: principal events in Maxwell's life


Cast of characters: Maxwell's relations and close friends


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 - 1871



The Cavendish: Cambridge 1871 - 1879



Last days



Maxwell's legacy


Notes


Bibliography


Index