Traité d'électricité et de magnetisme

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“Traité d'électricité et de magnetisme” is a book by James Clerk Maxwell in the “General & Other” category, written in French. It is in the public domain, so you can read it for free from the open source using the buttons above. If you enjoyed it, press Like to help others find it. Similar books are listed below.

About the author

James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) was born in Edinburgh and published his first scientific paper at fourteen. He explained the rings of Saturn, produced the first colour photograph and helped found the theory of gases, but his greatest achievement was a set of equations uniting electricity, magnetism and light.

He predicted that light is an electromagnetic wave, opening the way to radio and the physics of the twentieth century; Einstein kept his portrait on his study wall. He became the first director of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge and died at forty-eight.