The Man Who Changed Everything

Basil Mahon

ISBN 10: 0470861711 / ISBN 13: 9780470861714

Edité par John Wiley and Sons Inc, US, 2004

A propos de cet article

"Mahon has written a first-rate book on Maxwell's science and legacy."-New Scientist 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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Man Who Changed Everything
• Éditeur: John Wiley and Sons Inc, US
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0470861711
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780470861714
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 268 grammes

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Synopsis

"Mahon has written a first-rate book on Maxwell's science and legacy."
--New Scientist

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Basil Mahon is a former officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and a graduate in Engineering. He is a retired Government Civil Servant and ran the 1991 census in England and Wales.
He has a long-time passion for the physical sciences and has for many years been fascinated by the impact that Maxwell has had on all our lives.