James Clerk Maxwell (1831 - 1879)
Birth
1831, Edimbourg, Royaume-Uni
Death
1879, Cambridge, Etats-Unis
Nationality
Royaume-Uni
Gender
Genre
Homme
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James Clerk Maxwell est un physicien et mathématicien écossais. Il est principalement connu pour avoir unifié en un seul ensemble d'équations, les équations de Maxwell, l'électricité, le magnétisme et l'induction, en incluant une importante modification du théorème d'Ampère.