Description: Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous DemonThe Life and Science of James Clerk Maxwell Author(s): Brian Clegg Format: Paperback Publisher: Icon Books, United Kingdom Imprint: Icon Books ISBN-13: 9781785785702, 978-1785785702 Synopsis 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.
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Book Title: Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon: the Life and Science of James Clerk Maxwell
Publisher: Icon Books LTD
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Physics
Item Height: 198 mm
Item Weight: 322 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Brian Clegg
Item Width: 129 mm
Format: Paperback
