The Man Who Changed Everything

The Life Of James Clerk Maxwell

Basil Mahon

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This title looks at the life of James Clerk Maxwell, one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century and yet a man relatively unknown to the wider public. "The Man Who Changed Everything" is a very personal, accessible account of the life of Maxwell, the man who discovered electromagnetism and whose work led to the development of radio, TV and radar. His papers on electromagnetism and his four famous equations opened the way for the work of Einstein, the theory of relativity, and the development of quantum mechanics. This book follows Maxwell from his early childhood as a small boy who was bullied by classmates, to the young man who produced his first scientific paper at the age of 15, to the adult who went on to become a fellow at Cambridge and Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College, London.