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

Describes how Faraday and Maxwell discovered the electromagnetic field and devised a radical new theory which overturned the strictly mechanical view of the world that had prevailed since Newton's time.

Product details

• Authors: Basil Mahon, Mahon Basil, Forbes Nancy, Nancy Forbes
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 11.03.2014
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
• EAN: 9781616149420
• ISBN: 978-1-61614-942-0
• Pages: 300
• Dimensions (packing): 16.2 x 23.6 x 3.1 cm
• Subjects: SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity, SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism, SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism, History of Science, Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism, Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism, physics; mathematics