James Clerk Maxwell
Perspectives on his Life and Work
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 January 2014
- ISBN 9780199664375
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages376 pages
- Size 249x195x29 mm
- Weight 940 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 77 b/w illustrations, 10 colour illustrations 0
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Short description:
James Clerk Maxwell (1831 -1879) was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time. In scientific terms his immortality is enshrined in electromagnetism and Maxwell's equations, but as this book shows, there was much more to Maxwell than electromagnetism, both in terms of his science and his wider life.
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James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship also ranged wide - covering all the major aspects of Victorian natural philosophy. He was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, coming only after Newton and Einstein.
In scientific terms his immortality is enshrined in electromagnetism and Maxwell's equations, but as this book shows, there was much more to Maxwell than electromagnetism, both in terms of his science and his wider life. Maxwell's life and contributions to science are so rich that they demand the expertise of a range of academics - physicists, mathematicians, and historians of science and literature - to do him justice. The various chapters will enable Maxwell to be seen from a range of perspectives.
Chapters 1 to 4 deal with wider aspects of his life in time and place, at Aberdeen, King's College London and the Cavendish Laboratory. Chapters 5 to 12 go on to look in more detail at his wide ranging contributions to science: optics and colour, the dynamics of the rings of Saturn, kinetic theory, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism and electromagnetism with the concluding chapters on Maxwell's poetry and Christian faith.
... a wonderfully holistic tour of Maxwell's life and impact ... This work is highly recommended. It will be of interest to researchers and most certainly will enhance a library collection or serve as an anchor for a seminar in British history and/or the history of science.
Table of Contents:
Life
Introductory Biography
Maxwell at Aberdeen
Maxwell at King's College, London
Cambridge and Building the Cavendish Laboratory
Science
Maxwell and the Science of Colour
Maxwell and the Rings of Saturn
Maxwell's Kinetic Theory 1859-1870
Maxwell and the Theory of Liquids
Maxwell's Famous (or Infamous) Demon
Maxwell's Contribution to Electricity and Magnetism
1. The Maxwellians: The Reception and Further Development of Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory
The Fluid Dynamics of James Clerk Maxwell
Poetry, Religion and Conclusions
Boundaries of Perception: James Clerk Maxwell's Poetry of Self, Senses and Science
Maxwell, Faith and Physics
I Remember Years and Labours as a Tale that I have Read
