James ClerkMaxwell (13. června 1831 Edinburgh – 5. listopadu 1879 Cambridge) byl skotský teoretický fyzik a matematik. Jeho nejvýznamnějším objevem je obecný matematický popis elektromagnetického pole dnes známý jako Maxwellovy rovnice.
Maxwell left King's College, London in the spring of 1865 and returned to his Scottish estate Glenlair. He made periodic trips to Cambridge and, rather reluctantly, accepted an offer from Cambridge to be the first Cavendish Professor of…
James ClerkMaxwell (1831-1879) was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, after only Newton and Einstein. Within a relatively short lifetime he made enormous contributions to science which this lecture will survey.
The papers listed below are the most-highly-cited publications from each of the observatory’s 27 years, plus a few others to ensure that all of the highest-impact results are included.