英语词汇maxwell的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Maxwell; Maxwell’s equations; Maxwell’s law. For no logical reason, the brilliant Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) was better known in his lifetime than he is today. Despite his relatively brief career, Maxwell ranks as one of the greatest theoretical physicists of all time. His most important work was in the field of electricity, where he advanced the theo- ry that light and electricity might be the same in their ultimate nature, and his theory of electromagnetism, published in 1873 in his Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, has been called “one of the most splendid monuments ever raised by the genius of a single individual.” Maxwell began his scientific career when a boy of 15. After teaching at Scottish colleges, he was appointed the first professor of experimental physics at Cambridge, direct- ing the organization of the renowned Cavendish Laboratory. Maxwell’s law and Maxwell’s equations arise from his electro- magnetic theory, but he is more widely honored by the maxwell, the unit of magnetic flux named in his honor.

词汇	maxwell
词源	Maxwell; Maxwell’s equations; Maxwell’s law. For no logical reason, the brilliant Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) was better known in his lifetime than he is today. Despite his relatively brief career, Maxwell ranks as one of the greatest theoretical physicists of all time. His most important work was in the field of electricity, where he advanced the theo- ry that light and electricity might be the same in their ultimate nature, and his theory of electromagnetism, published in 1873 in his Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, has been called “one of the most splendid monuments ever raised by the genius of a single individual.” Maxwell began his scientific career when a boy of 15. After teaching at Scottish colleges, he was appointed the first professor of experimental physics at Cambridge, direct- ing the organization of the renowned Cavendish Laboratory. Maxwell’s law and Maxwell’s equations arise from his electro- magnetic theory, but he is more widely honored by the maxwell, the unit of magnetic flux named in his honor.
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