This scientist changed the way we understand light. And you've probably never heard of him. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Maxwell is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant men ever. His contributions to physics, through studies of electromagnetism and his proposal that light is a wave, are still extremely ...

On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” from the New Bedford Free Public ...

THESE are two welcome additions to the "Science Britain" series, published by the British Council ; for no survey of British science would be complete without some account of James Clerk Maxwell and ...

Part I. Life. Introduction / Raymond Flood -- Maxwell at Aberdeen / John S. Reid -- Maxwell at King's College, London / John S. Reid -- Cambridge and building the Cavendish Laboratory / Isobel ...

LONDON — David Milne must be a big fan of James Clerk Maxwell. Wolfson Microelectronics plc, where Milne is chief executive officer, has just agreed to fund a handsome annual prize to commemorate the ...

A 155-year-old thought experiment, long thought to break the laws of thermodynamics, could be made real on a large scale. Maxwell’s demon is a thought experiment first proposed by Scottish ...

A pair of physicists with long ties to PPPL are being honored for their foundational work on turbulence in plasma. Understanding why instabilities occur and how to limit them is critical to perfecting ...

THE gratitude with which we receive these fine volumes is not unmingled with complaint. During the eleven years which have elapsed since the master left us, the disciples have not been idle, but their ...

LONDON — Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, a director of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) and co-founder of the company, is to be given the 2009 Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award for his ...

We are unabashed fans of [The History Guy’s] YouTube channel, although his history videos aren’t always about technology, and even when they are, they don’t always dig into the depths that we’d like ...