He wrote the latter after meeting the decorative artist D R Hay, who was searching ... and philosopher of science who invented the word “physicist”. As one Cambridge friend recalled, Maxwell was ...

Most people aren't familiar with Maxwell, a 19th-century Scottish scientist and polymath. Yet he was perhaps the single greatest scientist of his generation and revolutionized physics in a way ...

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was the Einstein and the Newton of 19th century science. Maxwell's name is well known by every modern physicist and physics student. Maxwell's equations provide the ...

Maxwell’s demon is a thought experiment first proposed by Scottish mathematician James Clerk Maxwell in 1867. He imagined a tiny demon controlling a door between two gas-filled chambers of a box.

Taking part in the exhibition is Swedish artist, Monica Sand. Since 1992 she has produced work inspired by and utilizing materials associated with elementary particle physics. At the Atlantis show ...

Pioneering research offers a fascinating view into the inner workings of the mind of 'Maxwell's Demon', a famous thought experiment in physics. An international research team, including Dr Janet ...

Yet he was perhaps the single greatest scientist of his generation and revolutionized physics in a way nobody was expecting. In fact, it took years for Maxwell's peers to realize just how awesome ...