{"product_id":"the-life-of-james-clerk-maxwell-with-a-selection-from-his-correspondence-and-occasional-writings-and-a-sketch-of-his-contributions-to-science-paperback-9781108013703","title":"The Life of James Clerk Maxwell; With a Selection from his Correspondence and Occasional Writings and a Sketch of his Contributions to Science (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108013703","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of James Clerk Maxwell\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith a Selection from his Correspondence and Occasional Writings and a Sketch of his Contributions to Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1882 biography is an essential starting point for studying the brilliant and influential nineteenth-century physicist James Clerk Maxwell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLewis Campbell (Author), William Garnett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108013703, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e704 pages, 7 b\/w illus.  2 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.9 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJames 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 represents an important – and lengthy – 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'. At nearly 700 pages, the Life represents an important starting point for those curious about the state of theoretical physics and the person in whom it reached its culmination in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Biographical Outline: 1. Birth and parentage\u003cbr\u003e 2. Glenlair - childhood, 1831–1841\u003cbr\u003e 3. Boyhood, 1841–1844\u003cbr\u003e 4. Adolescence, 1844–1847\u003cbr\u003e 5. Opening manhood, 1847–1850\u003cbr\u003e 6. Undergraduate life at Cambridge, 1850–1854\u003cbr\u003e 7. Bachelor-scholar and fellow of Trinity, 1854–1856\u003cbr\u003e 8. Essays at Cambridge, 1853–1856\u003cbr\u003e 9. Death of his father. Professorship at Aberdeen, 1856–1857\u003cbr\u003e 10. Aberdeen. Marriage, 1857–1860\u003cbr\u003e 11. King's College, London. Glenair, 1860–1870\u003cbr\u003e 12. Cambridge, 1871–1879\u003cbr\u003e 13. Illness and death, 1879\u003cbr\u003e 14. Last essays at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Contributions to Science: 1. Experiments on colour vision, and other contributions to optics\u003cbr\u003e 2. Investigations respecting elastic solids\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pure geometry\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Saturn's rings\u003cbr\u003e 6. Faraday's lines of force, and Maxwell's theory of the electromagnetic field\u003cbr\u003e 7. Molecular physics\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Poems: 1. Juvenile verses and translations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Occasional pieces\u003cbr\u003e 3. Serio-comic verse\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Optical physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Optical physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Optical%20physics%20%5BPHJ%5D%22\"\u003ePHJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265932579096,"sku":"9781108013703","price":55.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108013703i.jpg?v=1694869276","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-james-clerk-maxwell-with-a-selection-from-his-correspondence-and-occasional-writings-and-a-sketch-of-his-contributions-to-science-paperback-9781108013703","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}