Peter Harman
Professor of the History of Science at Lancaster University and editor of The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
ScienceFellows of the Royal SocietyPeople associated with electricityAlumni of the University of EdinburghAlumni of Trinity College, Cambridge19th-century British physicistsColor scientistsOptical physicistsAcademics of King's College LondonDeaths from stomach cancer in EnglandBritish theoretical physicists, Mathematical physicistsCavendish Professors of PhysicsMagneticians
Maxwell
Melvyn Bragg discusses the life and work of the often overlooked 19th century Scottish scientist, and his enormous contribution to the creation of the technological age in which we live.
2 October 2003
Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Joanna Haigh
ScienceAcademics of King's College LondonDeaths from stomach cancer in EnglandBritish theoretical physicists, Mathematical physicistsFellows of the Royal SocietyPeople associated with electricityColor scientistsCavendish Professors of PhysicsMagneticiansAlumni of the University of EdinburghOptical physicistsAlumni of Trinity College, Cambridge19th-century British physicists