Brian Clegg

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Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon: How James Clerk Maxwell Unravelled the Mysteries of Electromagnetism and MatterPaperback, 12 May 2020

Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon: How James Clerk Maxwell Unravelled the Mysteries of Electromagnetism and Matter
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Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Icon Books
Date Published
12 May 2020
ISBN-10
1785785702
ISBN-13
9781785785702

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Asked to name a great physicist, most people would mention Newton or Einstein, Feynman or Hawking. But ask a physicist and there's no doubt that James Clerk Maxwell will be near the top of the list.

Maxwell, an unassuming Victorian Scotsman, explained how we perceive colour. He uncovered the way gases behave. And, most significantly, he transformed the way physics was undertaken in his explanation of the interaction of electricity and magnetism, revealing the nature of light and laying the groundwork for everything from Einstein's special relativity to modern electronics.

Along the way, he set up one of the most enduring challenges in physics, one that has taxed the best minds ever since. 'Maxwell's demon' is a tiny but thoroughly disruptive thought experiment that suggests the second law of thermodynamics, the law that governs the flow of time itself, can be broken. This is the story of a groundbreaking scientist, a great contributor to our understanding of the way the world works, and his duplicitous demon.

Product Details

Author:
Brian Clegg
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
12 May 2020
Dimensions:
19.56 x 12.95 x 2.54 cm
ISBN-10:
1785785702
ISBN-13:
9781785785702
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Weight:
317.51 gm

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