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Will Self is at Glenlair, James Clerk Maxwell's country estate.

Will Self is at Glenlair, James Clerk Maxwell's country estate, where he attempts to get to grips with what inspired the physicist's scientific imagination.

Will Self continues his 600 mile road trip on the trail of Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell who 150 years ago pioneered the theory of the electromagnetic waves which made mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS all possible.

In a bid to understand Maxwell and his legacy, Will plans to drive from Edinburgh to London in an electric car, stopping off at locations relevant to the much neglected 19th century physicist.

Today Will's at Glenlair, Maxwell's country estate, where he attempts to get to grips with what inspired the physicist's scientific imagination. Will's electric car, on the other hand, is proving somewhat less than inspirational...

Producer: Laurence Grissell.

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Will Self goes on the trail of Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell

Will Self goes on a 600-mile road trip from Edinburgh to Cambridge on the trail of physicist James Clerk Maxwell, who pioneered the theory of electromagnetic waves

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