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James Clerk Maxwell birthplace (Edinburgh - 1831)
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Description
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
FRS
FRSE
(13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish
[2]
[3]
scientist
in the field of
mathematical physics
.
[4]
His most notable achievement was to formulate the
classical theory
of
electromagnetic radiation
, bringing together for the first time electricity,
magnetism
, and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.
Maxwell's equations
for electromagnetism have been called the "second great unification in physics"
[5]
after the first one realised by
Isaac Newton
.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Clerk Maxwell
http://openplaques.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&phrase=James+Clerk+Maxwell+
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