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

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 live...