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The man who changed everything : the life of James Clerk Maxwell / Basil Mahon.
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TextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley, 2004, c2002.Description: xx, 226 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0470861711
- 9780470861714
- 530.092 MAH
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 530.092 MAH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100385088 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-214) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of illustrations (p. ix)
- Preface (p. xi)
- Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
- Chronology: principal events in Maxwell's life (p. xv)
- Cast of characters: Maxwell's relations and close friends (p. xix)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 A country boy: Glenlair 1831 - 1841 (p. 4)
- 2 Pins and string: Edinburgh Academy 1841 - 1847 (p. 11)
- 3 Philosophy: Edinburgh University 1847 - 1850 (p. 23)
- 4 Learning to juggle: Cambridge 1850 - 1854 (p. 35)
- 5 Blue and yellow make pink: Cambridge 1854 - 1856 (p. 48)
- 6 Saturn and statistics: Aberdeen 1856 - 1860 (p. 69)
- 7 Spinning cells: London 1860 - 1862 (p. 90)
- 8 The beautiful equations: London 1862 - 1865 (p. 111)
- 9 The Laird at home: Glenlair 1865 - 1871 (p. 128)
- 10 The Cavendish: Cambridge 1871 - 1879 (p. 147)
- 11 Last days (p. 171)
- 12 Maxwell's legacy (p. 176)
- Notes (p. 186)
- Bibliography (p. 212)
- Index (p. 215)