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No disrespect to Faraday but James Clerk Maxwell did more to help Einstein than about anyone else. Issac Newton also
4 posted on 03/16/2025 8:09:53 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Whoever said "out of sight, out of mind" never had a snake disappear in their bedroom.)
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No disrespect to Faraday but James Clerk Maxwell did more to help Einstein than about anyone else. Issac Newton also

Maxwell synthesized his equations from the carefully made observations of Faraday.

In a manner similar to the way Einstein synthesized his great breakthroughs in quantum mechanics and relativity from the observations of Planck and Michelson/Morley.

Einstein actually named Maxwell as the scientist he most admired.

The astonishing leap of insight made by Maxwell was at least as impressive as the two astonishing leaps of insight made by Einstein.

6 posted on 03/16/2025 9:22:10 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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No disrespect to Faraday but James Clerk Maxwell did more to help Einstein than about anyone else. Issac Newton also

"If I have seen farther, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."

7 posted on 03/16/2025 9:32:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats do not object to government corruption as long as they get a cut of the loot.)
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Maxwell’s contributions to Einstein were greater and closer in time than those of Faraday. Much like Einstein though, Faraday was also heavily self-taught and had an originality of mind that greatly advanced physics.


11 posted on 03/17/2025 12:06:51 AM PDT by Rockingham
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