James Clerk Maxwell, Great Physicist

Famous British physicist James Clerk Maxwell was well known through the formulation of the four statements that describe the basic laws of electricity and magnets.
Both areas before Maxwell was being investigated for a long time and had the same note that a relationship exists between the two. However, despite the various laws of electricity and magnit already discovered and the truth in some respects, before Maxwell, none of these laws that are a unified theory. In this has four sets of laws that were made shortly (but have great weight), Maxwell was able to correctly describe the behavior and interrelationships between electric and magnetic fields. With so he changed a number of phenomena in a single theory to hold. Reviews of Maxwell has become role models in the previous century widely both in theory and in practice areas of science.

The largest value from the new Maxwell is: a lot of general equations that can occur in all circumstances. All the laws of electric and magnetic pre-existing can be derived from Maxwell's opinion, as well as many other laws, was once the theory is not known. Maxwell's opinion can be shown how vibration alternating electromagnetic field on a regular basis is something that can happen. Movement to and fro like a pendulum which is called electromagnetic waves, which when moved will continue until the space to expand. From these opinions are able to show that the velocity of electromagnetic waves that reach near km 300,000 (186,000 miles) per second. Maxwell knows that this is the same as the size of the speed of light. From this angle, rightly concluded that light consists of electromagnetic waves.

Thus, Maxwell's opinion is not simply a basic law of electricity and kemagnitan, but also the basic law of optics. In fact, all previous laws, known as the laws of optics can be attributed to his opinion, too many facts and relations with the things that used to be indescribable.

The light visible to the eye is not only possible type of electromagnetic radiation. Opinions Maxwell showed that electromagnetic waves from other, unlike visible light in the eye that had a wavelength and frequency, can be. This conclusion is reinforced by theorists wonderfully Heinrich Hertz, who could produce and meet the two waves visible to the eye that was predicted by Maxwell. A few years later Guglielmo Marconi show that the invisible waves which the eye can be used for wireless communication, so what's his name menjelmalah radio. Now, they also make use of television, X-rays, gamma rays, infrared rays, ultraviolet rays are examples of electromagnetic radiation. Everything can be learned through the results of Maxwell's ideas.

Although the fame of the most important lies in Maxwell's account of the tremendous contributions in electromagnetic fields and optics, is also an important contribution to science in the form of others, including the theories of astronomy and thermodynamics (heat issues research). A particular interest is the kinetic theory of gases. Maxwell realized that not all gas molecules move at the same speed. Some slower, some faster, some with remarkable speed. Maxwell was a special formula to show the smaller molecules to move (at a certain temperature) at a specific rate. This formula is called "dissemination of Maxwell," is the formula used in scientific formulas, and contains an important meaning and benefits of each branch of physics.

Maxwell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1831. He developed an early teramatlah: At the age of fifteen he was able to offer a scientific paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. " He entered Edinburgh University and graduated from the University of Cambridge. Married but childless. Maxwell is generally considered the greatest theorists in the field of physics in the period between Newton and Einstein. A brilliant career ended too soon, since he died in 1879 by a bout of cancer, not long after the birthday celebration-48.by Michael H. Hart,One hundred most influential figures in the history.