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Birthday of James Maxwell

tmp_17439-Screenshot_2016-06-13-14-36-14-12141347120Scottish physicist James Maxwell accredited to be one of the greatest scientists ever.He was born on 13 June 1831, in Edinburgh.

Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetism are considered the “second great unification in physics” after the first one realised by Isaac Newton.

The development of the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution is one of his biggest contributions to physics.

Maxwell’s classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which unified electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon. The unification of light and electrical phenomena led to the prediction of the existence of radio waves.

Writer – Rubayat M.

Rubayat M.

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