But 150 years ago Maxwell’s theory was utterly revolutionary in both style and content. Einstein was an early champion of the theory, which helped inspire his relativity theory, and today, the idea of ...

Einstein described Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic radiation as 'the most profound and the most fruitful since the time of Newton'. 'It's absolutely tremendous,' says Longair.

More than one hundred and fifty years have passed since the publication of James Clerk Maxwell's "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" (1865). What would our lives be ...

Radio waves, microwaves and even light itself are all made of electric and magnetic fields. The classical theory of electromagnetism was completed in the 1860s by James Clerk Maxwell. At the time ...

This paper follows up the analysis of relativity theory begun by Margenau and Mould, by including electromagnetic theory which in their treatment was tacitly accepted. It is shown that the experiments ...

Maxwell's equations form the cornerstone of electromagnetic theory, offering a complete description of how electric and magnetic fields interact with matter. In combination with state‐of‐the ...

Clothing electrical phenomena in mathematical language, Maxwell discovered electromagnetic waves by inventing them out of his own head. He then correlated electromagnetic waves and light waves.

More than one hundred and fifty years have passed since the publication of James Clerk Maxwell's "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" (1865). What would our lives be without this ...

In the classical theory of electromagnetism, Maxwell's equations governing electric and magnetic fields are linear partial differential equations.

This is the first of a three-part series examining the history, science and implications of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.