The Long Road to Maxwell's Equations

Abstract

Should you wish to pay homage to the great physicist James Clerk Maxwell, you wouldn't lack for locales in which to do it. There's a memorial marker in London's Westminster Abbey, not far from Isaac Newton's grave. A magnificent statue was recently installed in Edinburgh, near his birthplace. Or you can pay your respects at his final resting place near Castle Douglas, in southwestern Scotland, a short distance from his beloved ancestral estate. They're fitting monuments to the person who developed the first unified theory of physics, who showed that electricity and magnetism are intimately connected.

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