James Clerk Maxwell was born #OTD in 1831. He showed that electric and magnetic fields are aspects of a single phenomenon, determined its governing equations, and concluded that light and other forms of radiation are electromagnetic waves. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢
Image: J.C. Maxwell Foundation
A black and white photo of a young James Maxwell seated in a chair, wearing a dark suit and a white shirt with a band collar and tie a la Byron. He is holding something in his hand that looks like a large dial.
