The laird of physics

Simon Schaffer ()
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Simon Schaffer: University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3RH, UK.

Nature, 2011, vol. 471, issue 7338, 289-291

Abstract: James Clerk Maxwell's 1861 work on electromagnetism, which unified scientific fields, was driven as much by technology as by abstract theorizing, argues Simon Schaffer.

Date: 2011
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