Alternatives Quote by Joseph John Thomson

The theory I propose may therefore be called a theory of the Electromagnetic Field because it has to do with the space in the…

— James Clerk Maxwell

Quantum field theory was originally developed for the treatment of electrodynamics, immediately after the completion of quantum mechanics and the discovery of the Dirac…

— David Gross

Of the various branches of electrical investigation, perhaps the most interesting and immediately the most promising is that dealing with alternating currents.

— Nikola Tesla

Maxwell's theory is Maxwell's system of equations.

— Heinrich Hertz

From a long view of the history of mankind the most significant event of the nineteenth century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of…

— Richard P. Feynman

There were several possible solutions of the difficulty of classical electrodynamics, any one of which might serve as a good starting point to the…

— Richard P. Feynman

“From a long view of the history of mankind-seen from, say, ten thousand years from now-there can be little doubt that the most significant…

— Richard Feynman

The experimental investigation by which Ampere established the law of the mechanical action between electric currents is one of the most brilliant achievements in…

— James Clerk Maxwell

Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory.

— Niels Bohr

With the exception of gravitation and radioactivity, all of the phenomena known to physicists and chemists in 1911 have their ultimate explanation in the…

— Richard P. Feynman

I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large…

— Michael Faraday

In fact, the science of thermodynamics began with an analysis, by the great engineer Sadi Carnot, of the problem of how to build the…

— Richard P. Feynman