Deserving recognition. Unless one is a poet, a war hero or a rock star, it is a mistake to die young. James Clerk Maxwell – unlike Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, the two giants of physics with whom ...

James Clerk Maxwell is the scientist responsible for explaining the forces behind the radio in your car, the magnets on your fridge, the heat of a warm summer day and the charge on a battery.

The team identified the waves' unique properties using mathematical models that incorporated equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell. Since the mid-1800s, research on how light interacts with ...

The School of Mathematics is delighted to congratulate Dr Nikolas Breuckmann who has recently been awarded the ‘2023 James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize’ For exceptional early-career contributions to ...