James Clerk Maxwell
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- He formulated four equation- the maxwell's equation- which summarizes the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
- He described how electric charges and currents act as sources of electric and magnetic filed.
- Maxwell's equations first appeared in 1864 in a paper entitled A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, but were more completely addressed in his Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, published in 1873.
- So, when did James Clerk Maxwell discover electromagnetic waves?
- The scientist and Cambridge mathematical coach William Hopkins, showed great perception in assessing the qualities of his students.
- Lastly, What his qualities of mind and personality as judged by his contemporaries?
- In addition to Maxwell, Hopkins had taught Kelvin, Stokes, Cayley, Tait,Rought and Todhunter and is authoritatively reported to have said about Maxwell,.......he is unquestionably the most extraordinary man I have met with, in the whole range of my experience; it appears impossible for Maxwell to think incorrectly on physical subjects but n his analysis he is far more deficient....
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