Maxwell's Enduring Legacy: A Scientific History of the Cavendish Laboratory

by Malcolm Longair and Malcolm S. Longair

The Cavendish Laboratory is arguably the most famous physics laboratory in the world. Founded in 1874, it rapidly gained a leading international reputation through the researches of the Cavendish professors beginning with Maxwell, Rayleigh, J. J. Thomson, Rutherford and Bragg. Its name will always be associated with the discoveries of the electron, the neutron, the structure of the DNA molecule and pulsars, but these are simply the tip of the iceberg...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107083699
• ISBN13: 9781107083691
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 650 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.6" x 10.1"