蜜芽传媒

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 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in November 2015.