Happy Birthday James Clerk Maxwell!
Submitted 6 months ago by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell
Submitted 6 months ago by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell
walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 6 months ago
Ah yes, prolific creator of equations.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 6 months ago
Well, that and radio waves:
With the publication of “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” in 1865, Maxwell demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space as waves moving at the speed of light. He proposed that light is an undulation in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena. The unification of light and electrical phenomena led to his prediction of the existence of radio waves. Maxwell is also regarded as a founder of the modern field of electrical engineering.