James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was the Einstein and the Newton of 19th century science. Maxwell's name is well known by every modern physicist and physics student. Maxwell's equations provide the ...

Maxwell's Poetry The great English physicist wrote some amusing light verse. Herewith a small sample of it, written mostly at the expense of the British Association for the Advancement of Science ...

That’s when decorated physicist (and fellow Scot) James Clark Maxwell wrote a landmark paper about Saturn’s rings. “[W]hen we contemplate the Rings from a purely scientific point of view ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Maxwell invented colour photography (1861). He took photos using red, green and blue filters and then put the images ...

In the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial stone for James Clerk Maxwell, eminent physicist and mathematician. It is placed to the north of the grave of Sir Isaac Newton and was unveiled, together ...