Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics

by Basil Mahon, Nancy Forbes, Nancy Forbes

Book Overview

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 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.The authors, veteran science writers with expertise in physics and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633886077
• ISBN13: 9781633886070
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"