“One of the things Maxwell learned from his reading was the fallibility of men's efforts to understand the world. All of the… — Basil Mahon Failure Copy Share Image
“The new law that he predicted seemed to defy common sense. It was that the viscosity of a gas-the internal frictional that… — Basil Mahon Copy Share Image
“The E and H waves always travel together: neither can exist alone. They vibrate at right angles to each other and are… — Basil Mahon Travel Together Copy Share Image
“His system of equations worked with jewelled precision. Its construction had been an immense feat of sustained creative effort in three stages… — Basil Mahon Empty space Copy Share Image
“Leo Szilard, in 1929, showed that the very act of acquiring information about a system increases its entropy in proportion to the… — Basil Mahon Perpetual motion Copy Share Image
“Maxwell's greatest work shows two unique characteristics which stem from his philosophical insight. The first is the way he could return to… — Basil Mahon Physics Copy Share Image
“He wrote up the mathematics and everything fitted together. James had shown how the electrical and magnetic forces which we experience could… — Basil Mahon Change Copy Share Image
“In fact, confusion over units was not confined to electricity and magnetism. When two people spoke of a quantity like 'force' or… — Basil Mahon Physical science Copy Share Image
“He had made a discovery of the first magnitude. It opened up an entirely new approach to physics, which led to statistical… — Basil Mahon Innovation Copy Share Image
“In the Treatise James made an important new prediction from his electromagnetic theory-that electromagnetic waves exert a radiation pressure. Bright sunlight, he… — Basil Mahon Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Most creative scientists, even the most prolific and versatile, produce one theory per subject. When that theory has run its course they… — Basil Mahon Creativity Copy Share Image
“It sometimes happens that mathematical methods conceived in the abstract turn out later to be so well suited to a particular application… — Basil Mahon General relativity Copy Share Image
