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Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field, how two men revolutionized physics, Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon

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Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field, how two men revolutionized physics, Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field

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bibliography

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854613903

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Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon

Sub title

how two men revolutionized physics

Table Of Contents

Principal events in the story of the electromagnetic field -- The apprentice : 1791-1813 -- Chemistry : 1813-1820 -- History : 1600-1820 -- A circular force : 1820-1831 -- Induction : 1831-1840 -- A shadow of a speculation : 1840-1857 -- Faraday's last years : 1857-1867 -- What's the go o' that? : 1831-1850 -- Society and drill : 1850-1854 -- An imaginary fluid : 1854-1856 -- No jokes are understood here : 1856-1860 -- The speed of light : 1860-1863 -- Great guns : 1863-1865 -- Country life : 1865-1871 -- The Cavendish : 1871-1879 -- The Maxwellians : 1850-1890 -- A new epoch : 1890 onward

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