“electricity and magnetism into a set of four elegant mathematical equations. On seeing them, Ludwig Boltzmann immediately recognised the magnitude of Maxwell’s achievement and could only quote Goethe in admiration: ‘Was it a God that wrote these signs?” — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“Just as ice, water and steam are different manifestations of H2O, Maxwell showed in 1864 that electricity and magnetism were likewise different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon – electromagnetism.” — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“Starting at low temperatures, the poker emits predominantly long-wavelength radiation from the infrared part of the spectrum. As the temperature increases, more energy is… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“As a perfect emitter at any given temperature, a blackbody emits the maximum amount of heat, infrared radiation. The blackbody spectrum would serve as… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was born in Kiel, then a part of Danish Holstein, on 23 April 1858” — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“Marriage is,’ Einstein said later, ‘the unsuccessful attempt to make something lasting out of an incident.” — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“They, however, never occur in practice, only in the mind of the physicist.” — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“When in 1827 the Scottish botanist Robert Brown peered through a microscope at some pollen grains suspended in water, he saw that they were… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“James Clerk Maxwell and his theory of electromagnetism. Born in 1831 in Edinburgh, Maxwell, the son of a Scottish landowner, was destined to become… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“electricity and magnetism into a set of four elegant mathematical equations. On seeing them, Ludwig Boltzmann immediately recognised the magnitude of Maxwell’s achievement and… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“For him it was no laughing matter, for at stake was the very nature of reality and the soul of physics.” — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“Planck understood that Clausius was not simply stating the obvious, but something of deep significance. Heat, the transfer of energy from A to B… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“A talented pianist, he toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a professional musician. Unsure, he sought advice and was bluntly told:… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“After Elsa’s death, Einstein established a routine that as the years passed varied less and less. Breakfast between 9 and 10 was followed by… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“The fact that all heated objects emit light of the same colour at the same temperature was well known to potters long before 1859,… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“Just as ice, water and steam are different manifestations of H2O, Maxwell showed in 1864 that electricity and magnetism were likewise different manifestations of… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“hundred and fifty delegates from 22 countries gathered in Paris, in 1881, for the first International Conference for the Determination of Electrical Units.” — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
