Wednesday

James Clerk Maxwell: 13th June

James Clerk Maxwell  (1831 – 1879) is one of the great names in science, having numerous laws, equations and daemons named after him. 

James Clerk Maxwell, age 24, with his color wheel, photograph, 1855 (Wikimedia commons)

I will make no attempt to summarise his life and work (see Linda Hall Library or Wikipedia) or apologise for listing another dead white man.


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