James Clerk Maxwell: Perspectives on His Life and Work

by Mark McCartney, Andrew Whitaker, Raymond Flood

Book Overview

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship also ranged wide - covering all the major aspects of Victorian natural philosophy. He was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, coming only after Newton and Einstein. In scientific terms his immortality is enshrined in electromagnetism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01EGCWHW6
• ISBN13: 9780199664375
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.8" x 7.7"