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Will Self embarks on a 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 plans to drive 600 miles in an electric car. He’s planning to stop off at locations relevant to the much-neglected 19th century boffin. Will's trip starts promisingly enough when he has a chance encounter with Nobel prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs on an Edinburgh back street - not far from Maxwell's birthplace. But things then start to go awry as Will has a rather less welcome run-in in a multi-storey car park... Producer: Laurence Grissell First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in November 2015.