Nancy Forbes

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  1. 1. Faraday, Maxwell, And The Electromagnetic Field

    A readable account of how Michael Faraday’s inventive experiments and intuitive concept of lines of force were transformed by James Clerk Maxwell’s mathematical genius into a unified theory of electricity, magnetism and light; the book follows their personal lives, scientific methods and Victorian context, explains key experiments and ideas in accessible terms, and shows how the shift from empirical observation to theoretical synthesis revolutionized physics and paved the way for modern electromagnetic technology.