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James Clerk Maxwell Museum
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James Clark Maxwell
14 India Street Edinburgh
James Clark Maxwell was born in 1831 at 14 India Street Edinburgh and died in 1879. James Clerk Maxwell was one of the greatest scientists that ever lived. He was the scientist who discovered, the theory of electromagnetism. He is named as the father of modern physics. He also made essential contributions to mathematics, astronomy and engineering. Radio, television, radar and communications, all derive from Maxwell's discovery. Albert Einstein said:
"The special theory of relativity owes its origins to Maxwell's equations of the electromagnetic field”.
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)”.
James Clerk Maxwell Museum
Brass Plaque at door of house James Clerk Maxwell was born in Edinburgh.
The inscription reads; Many of today's major technological advances are due to
James Clerk Maxwell
who created the first full-colour photographic image and developed the theory of electromagnetic waves which made
mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS all possible
He is commemorated by a statue on George Square and
a small museum here at his birthplace.
One scientific epoch ended and another began with Maxwell
- Albert Einstein
