Friday, December 4, 2009

The Father of the Modern Lifestyle - James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell was born in Edinburgh in 1831 and was one of the premier engineers of his era, educated at Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh University and Cambridge University and at the age of 25, he was appointed professor in the University of Aberdeen and 15 years younger than his classmates became the head of his department. On the day of mechanical engineers who were receiving all the awards, for construction of bridges and machines invented feats. They were the engineers who have made the news, the superstars of the era. Telford, Brunel and Stehenson ruled the world. Engineers Maxwell never made big news, but its contribution has been greatly underestimated and is still undervalued. Achievements of James Clerk Maxwell never made his name famous in his day, and it is time to give credit is due. engineers like James Watt (1736-1819), Thomas Telford (1757-1834) and John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836) spent in Scotland on the map of technical excellence, and a century later as the Scottish engineer Alexander Graham Bell and John Logie Baird maintained its reputation for great engineers live in Scotland. Many do not know which was the work of James Clerk Maxwell between these two periods that gave Bell and Baird both in their moments of greatness. E 'was the work of Maxwell's electromagnetic radio waves has allowed us as microphones and speakers, microwave and X-rays. Because Maxwell's work - not planes collide by radar. E 'was the radar system that helped the Allies win the Battle of Britain during World War II. You can talk to them worldwide with the phones, you can talk about mobile phones from anywhere. We can watch hundreds of TV channels go on the Internet. X-ray can see our skeletons and broken bones, TAC and see our bodies. We can get a tan without having to go in the sun, while listening to music on CD and MP3 players. the satellite navigation systems to help ships through the seas, presents electronic products worldwide. Computers have changed our lives. We can not live without them. All modern life is the result of their work. If not for the work of a certain James Clerk Maxwell What would the world be today? We pay the respect due to James Clerk Maxwell and the farthest of modern life.

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