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The story of two brilliant nineteenth-century scientists who discovered the electromagnetic field, laying the groundwork for the amazing technological and theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth centuryTwo 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 lively narrative that interweaves rich biographical detail from each man's life with clear explanations of their scientific accomplishments.
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Nancy Forbes was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1952. She earned a BA degree in Spanish from the University of Virginia, an MA in Spanish Literature from NYU, and later on, a BS and MA in Physics from Columbia University. She has served as a Contributing Editor for The Industrial Physicist of The American Institute of Physics and for IEEE's Computing in Science and Engineering. She has lived in Turin, Italy and in New York City and, for the last 23 years, in Fairfax, VA. She currently works for the US Department of Defense.
