UID:
almafu_9960117107902883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 662 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-70905-6
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Physical sciences
Content:
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was a Scottish physicist well-known for his extensive work with electromagnetism, colour analysis, and kinetic theory. Considered by many to be a giant in his field with significant influence on the physicists who would follow, Maxwell spent time as a professor at Aberdeen University, King's College, London, and Cambridge. This 1882 Life by his friend Lewis Campbell and natural philosopher William Garnett is an important investigation into Maxwell's life and thought. Part I is concerned with biographical matters while the second section focuses upon his scientific mind. A third part contains Maxwell's poetry, so included because the poems are 'characteristic of him' and have 'curious biographical interest'. The Life is useful to those curious about the state of theoretical physics and the person in whom it reached its culmination in the nineteenth century.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2010.
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Originally published: London: Macmillan and Co., 1882.
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Includes index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-01370-8
Language:
English
