The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell. Signed by Author

Mahon, Basil

ISBN 10: 047086088X / ISBN 13: 9780470860885

Published by Chichester. John Wiley & Sons, 2003

About this Item

Chichester. John Wiley & Sons. 2003. Hard Cover. Back boards with silver spine titles. Textured effect dark orange endpapers. Frontis of James Clark Maxwell. Glossy monochrome photographs in the text. Scarce copy with flat signed author signature to the title page without dedication. 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell. Signed by Author
• Publisher: Chichester. John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047086088X
• ISBN 13: 9780470860885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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