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Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field, how two men revolutionized physics, by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon

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Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field, how two men revolutionized physics, by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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platesportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field

Nature of contents

bibliography

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854613903

Responsibility statement

by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon

Sub title

how two men revolutionized physics

Summary

Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). This is the story of how these two men - separated in age by forty years - discovered the existence of the electromagnetic field and devised a radically new theory which overturned the strictly mechanical view of the world that had prevailed since Newton's time

Table Of Contents

Principal events in the story of the electromagnetic field -- The apprentice : 1791-1813 -- Chemistry : 1813-1820 -- History : 1600-1820 -- A circular force : 1820-1831 -- Induction : 1831-1840 -- A shadow of a speculation : 1840-1857 -- Faraday's last years : 1857-1867 -- What's the go o' that? : 1831-1850 -- Society and drill : 1850-1854 -- An imaginary fluid : 1854-1856 -- No jokes are understood here : 1856-1860 -- The speed of light : 1860-1863 -- Great guns : 1863-1865 -- Country life : 1865-1871 -- The Cavendish : 1871-1879 -- The Maxwellians : 1850-1890 -- A new epoch : 1890 onward

Target audience

adult

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