Lives & Memoirs
The life of James Clerk Maxwell
Lewis Campbell · narrated by Moss
2026
19h 55m
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The life of James Clerk Maxwell, the Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity, magnetism, and light and laid the foundation of modern physics. Written by a friend, it reveals the humor and depth of a quiet genius. An illuminating read for anyone drawn to science and one of its greatest minds.
Inside this audiobook
29 chapters
- 1PREFACE.8m
- 2PART I. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY—BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.26m
- 3NOTE. THE CLERKS OF PENICUIK AND MAXWELLS OF MIDDLEBIE.19m
- 4CHAPTER II. GLENLAIR—CHILDHOOD—1831 TO 1841.34m
- 5CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD—EDINBURGH ACADEMY—“OLD 31”—HOLIDAYS AT GLENLAIR—1841 TO 1844—ÆT. 10-13.40m
- 6CHAPTER IV. ADOLESCENCE—1844 TO 1847—ÆT. 13-16.39m
- 7NOTE.22m
- 8Chapter 1013m
- 9CHAPTER V. OPENING MANHOOD—1847 TO 1850—Æt. 16-19.52m
- 10CHAPTER VI. UNDERGRADUATE LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE—OCTOBER 1850 TO JANUARY 1854—Æt. 19-22.44m
- 11Chapter 1348m
- 12CHAPTER VII. BACHELOR-SCHOLAR AND FELLOW OF TRINITY—1854 to 1856—Æt. 22-24.49m
- 13CHAPTER VIII. ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE—1853 TO 1856.53m
- 14CHAPTER IX. DEATH OF HIS FATHER—PROFESSORSHIP AT ABERDEEN—1856, 1857—Æt. 24-25.55m
- 15CHAPTER X. ABERDEEN—MARRIAGE—1857 TO 1860, Æt. 26-29.48m
- 16CHAPTER XI. KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON, 1860 TO 1865—GLENLAIR, 1860 to 1870—ÆT. 29-39.52m
- 17CHAPTER XII. CAMBRIDGE—1871 TO 1879.51m
- 18Chapter 2048m
- 19CHAPTER XIII. ILLNESS AND DEATH—1879—ÆT. 47, 48.50m
- 20CHAPTER XIV. LAST ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE.1h 4m
- 21Chapter 233m
- 22PART II. CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE.39m
- 23Chapter 2552m
- 24Chapter 261h 8m
- 25Chapter 271h 22m
- 26PART III. POEMS.32m
- 27II. OCCASIONAL PIECES.30m
- 28III. SERIO-COMIC VERSE.34m
- 29Chapter 3141m
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