Basil Mahon is the author of The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell .
With degrees in engineering and statistics, Mahon was formerly an officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and until his retirement worked for the British Government Statistical Service..
He is the coauthor (with Nancy Forbes) of Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field .
Basil Mahon is the author of The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell