IT is not often that a reissue of the collected papers of an outstanding scientific man has been called for. Some of the papers cannot fail to have historical value because of the part which their ...

Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell may not be very well known ... Maxwell made his colour wheel to experiment with mixing colours. He could change the amount of each colour on the wheel ...

More by James R. Newman This article was originally published with the title “ James Clerk Maxwell ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 192 No. 6 ( June 1955 ) , p. 58 doi: 10.1038 ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. This book provides an introductory yet comprehensive account of James Clerk ...

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 ...

The publication in 1890 of the two-volume Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, edited by W. D. Niven ... On the theory of colours in relation to colour-blindness 7. Experiments on colour as ...

Experiments had already shown that the movement ... It was Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell who proposed that these charges were exerting influence through the form of radiation, so-called ...

James Clerk Maxwell grew up near Parton in Dumfries and Galloway and is also buried there. A special science festival is being held in the village this weekend in honour of his achievements.

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 ...