
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
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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 40 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, 20th-century physics.
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- De Mardon en 10-24-11
De: Sean Carroll
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Light Falls
- Space, Time, and an Obsession of Einstein
- De: Brian Greene
- Narrado por: Brian Greene, Paul Rudd, Peter Ganim, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 24 m
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Best-selling author, superstar physicist, and cofounder of the World Science Festival Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos) and an ensemble cast led by award-winning actor Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) perform this dramatic story tracing Albert Einstein's discovery of the general theory of relativity.
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An enjoyable deviation from standard Non-Fiction
- De Heath en 10-25-16
De: Brian Greene
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Tesla
- Wizard at War: The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power
- De: Marc J. Seifer
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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Drawing on 40 years of research and a treasure trove of new information, Tesla: Wizard at War provides a comprehensive view of Tesla's discoveries, which continue to influence today's military technology and diplomatic strategies. One of the world's leading Tesla experts, Marc J. Seifer, offers new insight into the brilliant scientist's particle beam weapon (aka the "Death Ray") and explores his military negotiations with pivotal historical figures - including his links to Joseph Stalin, Vannevar Bush, General Andrew McNaughton, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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review from an electrician
- De Ashton Zee en 12-13-21
De: Marc J. Seifer
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On Electricity
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Victor Craig
- Duración: 34 m
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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, engineer, and physicist. In his work On Electricity, the prodigious inventory describes the development and influence of electricity.
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Symphony in C
- Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything
- De: Robert M. Hazen
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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An enchanting biography of the most resonant - and most necessary - chemical element on Earth. Carbon. It's in the fibers in your hair, the timbers in your walls, the food that you eat, and the air that you breathe. It's worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still mysteries yet to be solved about the element that can be both diamond and coal. Where does it come from, what does it do, and why, above all, does life need it?
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There is a Caveat
- De Joseph L Contreras en 06-26-19
De: Robert M. Hazen
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Oxygen
- The Molecule That Made the World
- De: Nick Lane
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 16 h y 35 m
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Oxygen takes the listener on an enthralling journey, as gripping as a thriller, as it unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death.
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A Story About Pretty Much Everything
- De ZebraBear en 09-09-20
De: Nick Lane
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An Introduction to Information Theory
- Symbols, Signals and Noise
- De: John R. Pierce
- Narrado por: Kyle Tait
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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Behind the familiar surfaces of the telephone, radio, and television lies a sophisticated and intriguing body of knowledge known as information theory. This is the theory that has permitted the rapid development of all sorts of communication, from color television to the clear transmission of photographs from the vicinity of Jupiter. Even more revolutionary progress is expected in the future.
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Not bad, but...
- De Jane Doe en 06-26-20
De: John R. Pierce
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Significant Figures
- The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
- De: Ian Stewart
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics.
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Beware
- De Anton Kurtz en 12-08-18
De: Ian Stewart
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Men and Rubber
- The Story of Business
- De: Harvey S. Firestone
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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This printing of Men and Rubber: The Story of Business by Harvey S. Firestone is part of the Farnam Street Timeless Classics Series, where we continue with our goal of "mastering the best of what other people have figured out".
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Delivery and story
- De Anonymous User en 04-30-25
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A Most Elegant Equation
- Euler’s Formula and the Beauty of Mathematics
- De: David Stipp
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
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Bertrand Russell wrote that mathematics can exalt "as surely as poetry". This is especially true of one equation: ei(pi) + 1 = 0, the brainchild of Leonhard Euler, the Mozart of mathematics. More than two centuries after Euler's death, it is still regarded as a conceptual diamond of unsurpassed beauty. Called Euler's identity, or God's equation, it includes just five numbers but represents an astonishing revelation of hidden connections.
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Good treatment of the subject
- De Kindle Customer en 04-09-18
De: David Stipp
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The Story of Earth
- The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
- De: Robert M. Hazen
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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Earth evolves. From first atom to molecule, mineral to magma, granite crust to single cell to verdant living landscape, ours is a planet constantly in flux. In this radical new approach to Earth’s biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national best-selling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere - of rocks and living matter - has shaped our planet into the only one of its kind in the Solar System, if not the entire cosmos.
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Makes minerals interesting
- De Gary en 07-31-12
De: Robert M. Hazen
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Spark
- The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life
- De: Timothy J. Jorgensen
- Narrado por: Gary Tiedemann
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices - or perhaps we envision the lightning-streaked clouds of a stormy sky. But electricity is more than an external source of power, heat, or illumination. Life at its essence is nothing if not electrical.
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The best book on electricity.
- De Anonymous User en 01-10-22
Outstanding
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Excellent historical treatment science in action.
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Amazing story of two minds.
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Great book read wonderfully
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Excellent science history.
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Really engaging, very clear
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Unimaginably Good
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A Must read for HAM operators!
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Exciting
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Everything about this is excellent.
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