The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Campbell ◽  
William Garnett
Keyword(s):  
James Clerk Maxwell

The two Tabors

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Briggs ◽  
Hans Halvorson ◽  
Andrew Steane
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Important Influence ◽  
Cavendish Laboratory ◽  
James Clerk Maxwell ◽  
Personal Influence ◽  
Doctoral Work ◽  
The Doors

The book contains three autobiographical chapters, one from each of the authors. In this one Andrew Briggs (A.B.) presents some of his experiences. Professor David Tabor was an important scientific and personal influence on A.B. in his doctoral work at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. A visit to Mount Tabor in Israel gave a memorable opportunity for reflection on the connection between spiritual matters and physical, geographical matters. Another important influence was the humble Christian and great nineteenth-century physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell had a verse from Psalm 111 inscribed over the doors of the Cavendish laboratory. When the laboratory was moved into new premises, A.B. asked whether the inscription could be included. This was agreed by the relevant committee. It reads: ‘The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein’: a lovely motto for scientists.

scholarly journals SCUBA-2: the 10 000 pixel bolometer camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

2013 ◽  
Vol 430 (4) ◽  
pp. 2513-2533 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. S. Holland ◽  
D. Bintley ◽  
E. L. Chapin ◽  
A. Chrysostomou ◽  
G. R. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
James Clerk Maxwell

scholarly journals The Confined Atom: James Clerk Maxwell on the Fundamental Particles and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-214
Author(s):  
Charis Charalampous
Keyword(s):  
Heat Conduction ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Gas Diffusion ◽  
Mathematical Formalism ◽  
James Clerk Maxwell ◽  
Fundamental Particles ◽  
Free Particles ◽  
Gravitational Pull ◽  
Confined Atom

Abstract This paper distinguishes in Maxwell’s thought between “atomic molecules” and “ultimate atoms,” and arrives at a set of properties that characterize each type of atom. It concludes that Maxwell is a mathematical atomist, an approach that entails the notion that although it is impossible to observe the ultimate atoms as free particles, we can nevertheless study them as mathematical observables, on the caveat that mathematical formalism remains tied to phenomenalism and to theoretical interpretations of such phenomena as, for example, mass and force variations, gravitational pull, gas diffusion and viscosity, and heat conduction.

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