James Maxwell

James Maxwell

13-Jun-1831


Netherlands


Scientist

James C. Maxwell studied at the University of Cambridge before taking up many professorship posts. Already well-known for his optics and velocity research techniques, his basic ideas surrounding electromagnetism, expressed in the well-known Maxwell Equations, have had a profound impact on modern physics as we know it.

QUOTES BY James Maxwell


"Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination."

"Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up."

"The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart. —The Evermen Cycles,"

"There’s more to the truth than just the facts."

"Choose your ground well. War is a game of geography."

"Faraday is, and must always remain, the father of that enlarged science of electromagnetism."

"A thief believes everybody steals."

"An uneasy peace was better than no peace at all."

"It is better to negotiate standing on two feet compared to when a foot is on your chest."

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