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Will Self concludes his road trip from Edinburgh to Cambridge on the trail of a Scottish physicist. In 1865 James Clerk Maxwell pioneered the theory of electromagnetic waves which made mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS all possible. In a bid to understand Maxwell and his achievements, Will has driven 600 miles in an electric car. So was Maxwell really a genius? Producer: Laurence Grissell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
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