Tuesday, 13th June at 2.30pm @ the JAC
Gerald Moriarty Schieven
JAC
"James Clerk Maxwell: The Man who Changed Everything"
ABSTRACT:
June 13 marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of James Clerk Maxwell, certainly
one of the most influential scientists of the 19th century, and quite possibly one
of the greatest scientists who ever lived. Unlike Newton and Einstein, however,
with whom he quite rightly ranks, Maxwell is nearly unknown outside of the
scientific community. I will spin a brief tale of his life and times, and try to
convey some of the importance of his discoveries in physics, astronomy,
engineering, colour vision, etc. etc. etc., and how he literally changed
everything.
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