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This artistic influence is further demonstrated by the fact that six relatives of Maxwell had portraits painted by the famous Scottish portrait painter, Sir Henry Raeburn These are: Mother's side Frances Hodshon Mrs. Not only a scientist, but a poet too! One of the surprising things about about Maxwell is that, as well as being a great scientist, he was also a poet! If you would like to explore this aspect of his character then please download James C Rautio's digitized version of the Campbell and Garnet biography which includes a whole section on his poems.

Memorials and Cultural References Maxwell is remembered in many different ways. He has memorials in Scotland and Westminster Abbey, his own panel on the Great Tapestry of Scotland, busts and a gargoyle, an imposing statue at a key location in central Edinburgh, an 'appearance' in a play about Einstein, MORE More quotes about Maxwell Ivan Tolstoy , in his biography of Maxwell, wrote: 'Maxwell's importance in the history of scientific thought is comparable to Einstein's whom he inspired and to Newton's whose influence he curtailed " "Since Maxwell's time, physical reality has been thought of as represented by continuous fields, and not capable of any mechanical interpretation.

This change in the conception of reality is the most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton" Albert Einstein Maxwell said, in 'A Dynamic Theory of the Electro-Magnetic Field' given to the Royal Society in 'We have strong reason to conclude that light itself - including radiant heat and other radiation, if any - is an electromagnetic disturbance in the form of waves propagated through the electro-magnetic field according to electro-magnetic laws.

Registered Charity SC Contact us. Privacy policy and cookies. Who was James Clerk Maxwell? From extensive work over the following years, he formulated four equations relating electricity magnetism and light for the first time. This theory predicted the existence of radio waves. At this time, he began work on another field of research — the composition of the rings of Saturn.

His theories were only confirmed to be correct in the s when the Voyager space expeditions allowed closer examination of Saturn. He remained there for the next five years. During a lecture, he demonstrated the first colour photograph — of a tartan ribbon — using coloured filters.

He went on to help set up the Cavendish research laboratory, where many of his theories were developed. Maxwell died of stomach cancer at the age of His name has not always been familiar to the general public. However scientists universally acknowledge Maxwell's contribution to progress in the modern world. In our public poll , James Maxwell was voted the most popular Scottish scientist from the past.

References show. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. M Goldman, The Demon in the Aether P M Harman ed. W D Niven ed.

I Tolstoy, James Clerk Maxwell A Einstein, Maxwell's influence on the development of the conception of physical reality, in James Clerk Maxwell : A Commemorative Volume - Cambridge, , 66 - Falconer, I. No actual measurement Vortices and Atoms in the Maxwellian Era. Control 43 3 , - P M Harman, Maxwell and Saturn's rings : problems of stability and calculability, in The investigation of difficult things Cambridge, , - James Clerk Maxwell, Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh 10 , -