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James Franck
James Franck (1881 - 1964) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1925 along with Gustav Hertz for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
James Joule
A biography of James Joule with links through to relevant topics.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell (1831 - 1879) is regarded by most modern physicists as the greatest scientist of the 19th century. His work included the formulation of electromagnetic theory based on Faraday's ...
James W. Cronin
James W. Cronin (1931 - ) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1980 along with Val Logsdon Fitch for their discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles. Symmetries play a great role ...
Sir James Chadwick
Sir James Chadwick (1891 - 1974) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935 for his theoretical work on the discovery of the neutron. Chadwick went to Manchester Grammar School, not Manchester High ...
James Clerk Maxwell
Biography of James Clerk Maxwell containing many interesting quotes.
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist, widely considered by twentieth and twenty-first century physicists to have been one of the most significant figures of the nineteenth century. His ...
Splitting the Atom
A summary of James Chadwick's career.
Lasers
Describes the history and types of laser technology, with some links. This site is part of James Burke's "Simple Science".
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
Detailed descriptions of the submillimetre wavelength, Hawaii based, telescope and the experimental work being done with it

