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Maxwell Equations

The Maxwell equations are the set of four fundamental equations governing electromagnetism (i.e. the behaviour of electric and magnetic fields).

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MaxwellEquations.html

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 ...

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http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history//Mathematicians/Maxwell.html

Maxwell and the Electrodynamic Theory of Light

This site covers Maxwell's theory of electrodynamics and his modification of existing laws which lead to a remarkable prediction: the existence of electromagnetic waves. As a consequence, the ...

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http://www.phy.syr.edu./courses/modules/LIGHTCONE/maxwell.html

James Clerk Maxwell

Biography of James Clerk Maxwell containing many interesting quotes.

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http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/115a/history/jamesclarkemaxwell.html

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 ...

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http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/victorian/science/maxwell1.html