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neeleshmaharaj3: Science is incompetent to reason upon the creation of matter it self out of nothing. We have reached the utmost limit of our thinking faculties when we have admitted that because matter cannot be eternal and self-existent. It must have been created~James Clerk Maxwell

Kevin_Wathey: “Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to any great advancement in science.” - James Clerk Maxwell

real_shackleton: James Clerk Maxwell: not the brightest crayon in the stable.

GeoSciences: James Clerk Maxwell, the first quantitative geomorphologist?

keledotme: what is done by what is called myself is, I feel, done by something greater than myself in me. - James Clerk Maxwell

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GeoSciences: James Clerk Maxwell, the first quantitative geomorphologist?; discussion

thermo_forum: James Clerk Maxwell FRSE FRS (1831 – 1879) was a Scottish mathematician and scientist responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.

ErcanKose_: "Like spherical small British Asses in infinitesimal state" James Clerk Maxwell British Association, Notes of the President's Address

Robert76907841: "Peter Burke now tackles its opposite: ignorance. Both have long been key to scientific progress. “Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science,” remarked physicist James Clerk Maxwell in the nineteenth century."

Luckiest2023: Exceptions are Maxwell Montes, named after James Clerk Maxwell, and highland regions Alpha Regio, Beta Regio, and Ovda Regio

MClarenceBurns1: Great Minds: James Clerk Maxwell, Electromagnetic Hero

Nicosia_Marissa: “One of the most important events in the history of vibes was James Clerk Maxwell’s theoretical discovery that light is an electromagnetic wave vibrating in a narrow spectral band"

wbhowieson: James Clerk Maxwell building at The University of Edinburgh. I think a room named after him at Hampden Pak too. B

stuart2464: why not James Clerk Maxwell's headstone at Parton (Crossmichael)

RBrockPhysics: James Clerk Maxwell noted an unorthodox technique used by Henry Cavendish: ‘We learn from the manuscripts now first published, that Cavendish was his own galvanometer.’ (1/2)

hoppe85ulkns: The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell 25T17NZ

MotivationPods: It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state... - James Clerk Maxwell

relashioxx: I write on my parchment Light: According to the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, light is the propagation of waves produced by a combination of electric and magnetic fields.

real_shackleton: James Clerk Maxwell: not the crispest penny in the stable.

thewisebot: Thoroughly conscious ignorance is a prelude to every real advance in science. - James Clerk Maxwell

factsbok: The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by James Clerk Maxwell.

EXAIR: EXAIR's Vortex Tube utilizes a principle found by James Clerk Maxwell which he nicknamed "the demon". In today's blog, read how "Maxwell's Demon" and compressed air come together.

Kevin_Wathey: “Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to any great advancement in science.” - James Clerk Maxwell

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agitalagzdina: Almighty God, Who has created man in Thine own image,and made him a living soul that he might seek after Thee, and have dominion over Thy creatures, teach us to study the works of Thy hands! -James Clerk Maxwell Statistical Thermodynamics, Field equations of electricity,light

Portestu8023: It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state...,James Clerk Maxwell,aadvantage, science,

Gmaxi_92: Radio waves were first predicted by the theory of electromagnetism proposed in 1867 by Scottish mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell. His mathematical theory, now called Maxwell's equations, predicted that a coupled electric and magnetic field could travel through space as

AmitSChejara: The true logic of this world is in the calculus of probabilities. - James Clerk Maxwell

tbdnonymous: Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon: How James Clerk Maxwell unravelled the mysteries of electromagnetism and matter

HisMightyNibbs: James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was a Scottish mathematician whose discoveries laid the foundation for modern physics. His contributions are in a class with those of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.

Radar_Bot: James Clerk Maxwell. Just legendary. "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" One of the great elders of my profession.

pcsaft: Thermodynamic surface

agitalagzdina: Almighty God, Who has created man in Thine own image,and made him a living soul that he might seek after Thee, and have dominion over Thy creatures, teach us to study the works of Thy hands! James Clerk Maxwell Statistical Thermodynamics, Field equations of electricity, light

CrazyHeinzMayo: Hungry James Clerk Maxwell is going to embarass the pocketwatch if you can play sitar.

abstractica: In the case of fluxes, we have to take the integral, over a surface, of the flux through every element of the surface. The result of this operation is called the surface integral of the flux. It represents the quantity which passes through the surface. — James Clerk Maxwell

M_Disgelo: by the way, color photography was pioneered by... James Clerk Maxwell, in the 1860s

Wallacewiring: Did you know that electricity travels at the speed of light, more than 186,000 miles per second? This was predicted in 1873 by James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz proved this prediction correct!

polyparadigm: Heat cannot spontaneously flow from a colder thermal reservoir to a warmer one. [James Clerk Maxwell thinks a moment] “Skill issue.”

BeingScots: On this day in 1831: 'Scotland's forgotten Einstein', scientist James Clerk Maxwell was born in Edinburgh. Incredibly, Maxwell was nicknamed 'daftie' at school. He produced the world’s first ever colour photograph in 1861 and was a true giant of mathematical physics.

utkarsh_amitabh: James Clerk Maxwell grew up in relative isolation, in Glenlair, a country house on the Middlebie estate in southwest Scotland in the 1830s. At an early age, Maxwell grew fascinated by geometry and rediscovered the regular polyhedra before receiving any formal instruction.

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freewillagain: Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon: How James Clerk Maxwell unravelled the mysteries of electromagnetism and matter

c0mpl3x1ty1: Going to marry the person that sends me Valentine's day cards with pictures of James Clerk Maxwell or that cute twink Michael Faraday on the front

SciFest4STEM: TODAY IS WORLD RADIO DAY! Guglielmo Marconi. built on the mathematics of physicist James Clerk Maxwell and the experiments of both Oliver Lodge and Heinrich Hertz to transmit experimental broadcasts from his lab in 1894. See

CMelonhead: on a very related note, there's Maxwell's equations except that James Clerk Maxwell came up with a set of 12 equations the stuff we're familiar with today is the work of Oliver Heaviside

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dltnio: In 1865, James Clerk Maxwell carried out a number of abstract equations on magnetism and electricity. But it wasn’t until almost 30 years later when Heinrich Hertz showed what Maxwell predicted actually existed!

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ChikuChill: The only laws of matter are those that our minds must fabricate and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter. - James Clerk Maxwell TREBBEOL MADA

MalcolmChishol1: On one of my walks through north Edinburgh often as now pass the house where James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street(now a museum about his work contact James Clerk Maxwell Foundation for visit)as Einstein said,"One scientific epoch ended and another began with Maxwell".

AJ121_football: For example, I always thought James Clerk Maxwell was the most underrated person in any field (scientific or not), but my admiration of his genius went to a whole different level upon reading "Faraday, Maxwell and, the EM Field". The jump was even bigger with Faraday. (2/2)

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FactEveryWord: Weird Atom Fact: In the early 1800s, a scientist named James Clerk Maxwell discovered that light is composed of tiny, quantized waves called photons.

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thatsmaths: Modern Telecoms was made possible through the physical and mathematical insights of James Clerk Maxwell.

DaminiOscar: Physics plays a crucial role in many fields, including engineering, medicine, and astronomy. Famous physicists include Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and James Clerk Maxwell.

82_Streetcar: Random gender of the day: women, goddesses, and James Clerk Maxwell. (Does anyone get the reference?)

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Poission51: In dynamic systems a singularity can have large effects from small changes ( as a perturbation of the total mass) as first seen as a deterministic constraint by James Clerk Maxwell) here it is the change in the radiative imbalance as the tropopause.

justthinkit: James Clerk Maxwell (Jun 13, 1831-) DOB: 6 4 4 = 5 -- always a 5, he was under a 4 from 1858 onward "James Clerk Maxwell" = 8-x-7 -- second most underrated destiny

PeterBrobby: Isaac Newton was born the same year that Galileo Galilei died and Albert Einstein was born the same year that James Clerk Maxwell died.

DailyDevsOnline: James Clerk Maxwell: Cultivating the Mind of Christ To be Christian, especially in this confusing cultural moment, requires the intentional cultivation of our minds. An exemplary model of someone who took this calling seriously is James Clerk Maxwell....

jianchengdu: The book is about visually-oriented dyslexic people (e.g., Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Henri Poincare...) and how computer visualization in fields like dynamic systems and chaos can help them to adapt and thrive.

chavez_xxxx: Andre Marie Ampere Michael Faraday Heinrich Eodolf Hertz James Clerk Maxwell Hans Cristian Oersted

BobThibadeau: How did James Clerk Maxwell discover light is itself electricity and magnetism? That revolutionized every minute of your life today? Truth and Reason. Mainly reason...here in his own words ON ONE PAGE. EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND BY ANYBODY.

EssentialEdin: A second public exhibition for the redevelopment of 104-108 Princes Street will be held today between 12pm and 6pm in James Clerk Maxwell Room at The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street ↓

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JanethonSwoft: this is james clerk maxwell talking about the telephone, an invention that would have been entirely impossible without his theoretical innovations

LouisLebbos: The prevalence of a misdirected tendency proves the misdirection of a prevalent tendency. It is the object and nature of this tendency that calls for examination. - James Clerk Maxwell

fedele697: They and some other works by Maxwell can be found in the two-volume collection of essays edited by Niven in 1890 (Scientific Papers by James Clerk Maxwell, hereinafter referred to as JM)

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LouisLebbos: The prevalence of a misdirected tendency proves the misderiction of a prevalent tendency. It is the object and nature of this tendency that calls for examination. - James Clerk Maxwell

TaborElectronic: Scottish mathematician James Clerk Maxwell, German physicist Heinrich Hertz, and Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi all had a hand in the invention of RF Signal Generators, building on previous work and enabling how the current world communicates.

HxHippy: Maxwell's Equations: ∇ × E = -(1/c) ∂B/∂t ∇ × B = (1/c) ∂E/∂t + (1/c)J ∇ • E = ρ/ε₀ ∇ • B = 0 (describing the relationship between electric and magnetic fields). Attribution: James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879).

paulbam3: "For example, it is a law of electricity that if we want to generate it, we must insert the plug into the socket. Having two plugs or two sockets touch each other delivers no juice." That's going to come as a surprise to James Clerk Maxwell.

tony_pancake: wait wtf this is a wild sentence "Albert Einstein kept a picture of Faraday on his study wall, alongside pictures of Arthur Schopenhauer and James Clerk Maxwell." schopenhauer? really??

REasther: To give an example, James Clerk Maxwell wrote down the equations governing electromagnetism in the 1860s. A few small mathematical tweaks reveals the equation for a wave moving at the speed of light "hidden" inside them -- showing that light is an electromagnetic phenomenon. 2/N

cchukudebelu: When Einstein said "he stood on the shoulders of others", it was assumed he was talking about Isaac Newton. Einstein explained he was talking about James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell's equations (in my opinion), are the most elegant equations in Physics.

AlbertEinstein: Relativity is usually attributed to Albert Einstein, but he provided the capstone for a theoretical edifice that had been under construction since James Clerk Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism into a single theory of electromagnetism in the 1860s.

davidhitt: At 2,873: 1873 – Solar sails took an important step toward reality when James Clerk Maxwell demonstrated that sunlight exerts a small amount of pressure as photons bounce off a surface. This pressure is the basis of solar sails.

wikishire: Glenlair, near the village of Corsock in Kirkcudbrightshire, was the home of the physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879).

AgainBraine: James Clerk Maxwell did. And Einstein said he stood on Maxwell's shoulders, more than Newton's. Good company.

goNUmapletwins: James Clerk Maxwell, the creator of RGB values, is renaming the model RBG in recognition of Ruth Badger Ginsburg

chiefgadget: 1865 James Clerk Maxwell vs 2023 ChatGPT Biggest lasting discovery of 19th century, even Einstein was jealous that Maxwell saw speed of light first! Q: How do Maxwell equations mathematically predict speed of light in a vacuum? Answer: see below

IamShreyaPorwal: James Clerk Maxwell formulated the first field theory in his theory of electromagnetism. Then Albert Einstein developed general relativity, a field theory of gravitation.

real_shackleton: James Clerk Maxwell: not the fastest pony in the fleet.

CrivetiMihai: What's even more impressive is how old the process of creating color photography from B&W images is...

rohit_bmw: James Clerk Maxwell Brought Light From Electricity, and Magnetism | The ...

real_shackleton: James Clerk Maxwell: not the shiniest coin in the forest.

ConjugateThis: Ernest Hemingway is a Boss. Susan B. Anthony is my hero. Pope Francis is an icon. Also... I believe in extraterrestrials cuz I can. Finally, where would we be without the genius of James Clerk Maxwell ?

JustAFactsMan: It's pretty weird that so many people in the nation that produced Isaac Newton, Alan Turing, GH Hardy, James Clerk Maxwell, Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, George Boole, Andrew Wiles and others too numerous to list here are frothing mad that their PM thinks math is important.

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