James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell (June 13, 1831–November 5, 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, born in Edinburgh. Maxwell developed a set of equations expressing the basic laws of electricity and magnetism as well as the Maxwell distribution in the kinetic theory of gases. He was the last representative of a younger branch of the well-known Scottish family of Clerk of Penicuik.

See also

• Main: Maxwell's demon | Maxwell's equations | Maxwell's theorem (a theorem in probability theory) | Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution | Scottish Enlightenment | Maxwell
• Physics: Scientific method | Wave-particle duality | Crookes radiometer
• Electromagnetism: Maxwell | Classical electromagnetism | Light | Photoelectric effect | Magnetic field | Radiation pressure | Electrons
• Radio waves: History of radio | Microwaves | Radar
• People: Peter Guthrie Tait | Oliver Heaviside | Albert Einstein | Hans Christian Ørsted | Heinrich Rudolf Hertz | Michael Faraday | Willard Gibbs | Joseph Stefan | Joseph John Thomson | Hendrik Lorentz | James Fitzjames Stephen | George Gabriel Stokes | Lewis Campbell | Fleeming Jenkin
• Schools: Trinity College, Cambridge | Edinburgh University | Edinburgh Academy | University of Cambridge
• Other: Analytical Society | Encyclopædia Britannica | Pi, the movie | Solar nebula | Venus | Photography | Color photography
• Lists: List of Scots | List of physics topics | History of physics | List of physicists | Timeline of materials technology | Timeline of electromagnetism and classical optics | Timeline of processes | Timeline of solar system astronomy | Intellectual history of time | The 100 | 100 Greatest Britons | List of Christian scientists
• Commemoration: The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is named after him, as are several streets in the United Kingdom.

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