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James Clerk Maxwell

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

June 13, 1831

Died

November 05, 1879

Website

http://clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/about_ma...

Genre

Science, Physics, Mathematics

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James Clerk Maxwell FRS FRSE (Mathematics, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1851) was a Scottish mathematical physicist. His most prominent achievement was to formulate a set of equations that describe electricity, magnetism, and optics as manifestations of the same phenomenon, namely the electromagnetic field. Maxwell's achievements concerning electromagnetism have been called the "second great unification in physics", after the first one realised by Isaac Newton.

With the publication of A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field in 1865, Maxwell demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space as waves moving at the speed of light. Maxwell proposed that light is in fact undulations in the same medium that is the cause of ...more

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	Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1 4.45 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1873 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five of Maxwell's Papers 4.10 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2006 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matter and Motion (Great Minds Series) by James Clerk Maxwell, Joseph Larmor (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1991 — 152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism: Vol. 2 4.50 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1954 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theory of Heat 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1888 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Elementary Treatise on Electricity 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume II 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Vol. I 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1990 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maxwell on Saturn's Rings by James Clerk Maxwell, Stephen G. Brush (Editor), C. W. F. Everitt (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.”
― James Clerk Maxwell

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“It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state...”
― James Clerk Maxwell

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“Almighty God, Who hast created man in Thine own image, and made him a living soul that he might seek after Thee, and have dominion over Thy creatures, teach us to study the works of Thy hands, that we may subdue the earth to our use, and strengthen the reason for Thy service;”
― James Clerk Maxwell

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