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James Clerk Maxwell

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Noun1.James Clerk Maxwell - Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)James Clerk Maxwell - Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
J. C. Maxwell, Maxwell
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JAMES CLERK MAXWELL THE physicist is best known for his formulation of electro-magnetic theory - and without his work there would be no mobile phones, TV or radio.
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Miklos Porkolab, Director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, has been selected to receive the 2009 James Clerk Maxwell Prize by the American Physical Society (APS).
Porkolab to receive Maxwell Prize by Fusion Power Report
It starts off at the Mauna Kea peak in Hawaii, one of the best places in the world for observatories thanks to the altitude and clear air conditions and the home of UK participating telescopes like the United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT).
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