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Learn more about the important work of James Clerk Maxwell in the study of electromagnetism.
Professor Graham Hall, School of Natural and Computing Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, will start with a short summary of the life of James Clerk Maxwell but will mainly be concerned with a brief history of the electromagnetic theory culminating in the work of Maxwell. The origins of the (separate) ideas of electricity and of magnetism will be explored followed by the attempts to formulate a suitable theory describing them. The experiments of Oersted and Faraday which, to some extent, unified these two topics into the subject of electromagnetism led finally, one hundred and fifty years ago, to the completion of the study by Maxwell and lives on in the form of the celebrated Maxwell’s equations.
This event is free, no booking required, but donations to Satrosphere will be gratefully accepted on the night.
- Speaker
- Professor Graham Hall
- Venue
- Satrosphere
- Contact
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01224 640340