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

Written by:
Basil Mahon , Nancy Forbes
Narrated by:
Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
9
Narrator
2
Release Date
January 2021
Duration
10 hours 15 minutes
Summary
Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). This is the story of how these two men-separated in age by forty years-discovered the existence of the electromagnetic field and devised a radically new theory which overturned the strictly mechanical view of the world that had prevailed since Newton's time.

The authors, veteran science writers with special expertise in physics and engineering, have created a lively narrative that interweaves rich biographical detail from each man's life with clear explanations of their scientific accomplishments. Faraday was an autodidact, who overcame class prejudice and a lack of mathematical training to become renowned for his acute powers of experimental observation, technological skills, and prodigious scientific imagination. James Clerk Maxwell was highly regarded as one of the most brilliant mathematical physicists of the age. He made an enormous number of advances in his own right. But when he translated Faraday's ideas into mathematical language, thus creating field theory, this unified framework of electricity, magnetism and light became the basis for much of later, twentieth-century physics.
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MJM

It was good but when the narrator got to Maxwell, he put on this ridiculous grounds-keeper Willy (from the Simpsons) Scottish accent. It was unpleasant. The narrator is American and (thankfully) didn't put on a stupid cockney accent for anyone that was English, he just talked in his normal voice so why single out Maxwell for a bad accent? I've heard a couple of ok accents in books that aren't cringe and bring the book more to life but 97% of the time it's these terrible and somewhat or outright offensive accents.

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