Frank A J L James

Frank A.J.L. James is Reader in History of Science at the Royal Institution. He has written on physics and chemistry in the nineteenth century and with Geoffrey Cantor and David Gooding has written the biography Michael Faraday (Macmillan/Humanities Press). He has recently edited a collection of essays on nineteenth century communications, Semaphores to Short Waves (RSA) and with J.V. Field has written Science in Art (BSHS) on pictures in the National Gallery which have a scientific content....See more

Frank A.J.L. James is Reader in History of Science at the Royal Institution. He has written on physics and chemistry in the nineteenth century and with Geoffrey Cantor and David Gooding has written the biography Michael Faraday (Macmillan/Humanities Press). He has recently edited a collection of essays on nineteenth century communications, Semaphores to Short Waves (RSA) and with J.V. Field has written Science in Art (BSHS) on pictures in the National Gallery which have a scientific content. Frank James lives in Middlesex and is married with three children. See less