James Clerk Maxwell: the genius who unified light, electricity, and magnetism

Did you know there was a genius who 
connected electricity, magnetism, and light? That genius was James Clerk Maxwell. 
In the 19th century, when science saw these as separate forces, Maxwell accomplished something 
revolutionary. He developed the classical theory of electromagnetism, a set of equations so elegant 
we now call them Maxwell’s equations. With them, he proved that electricity, magnetism, 
and light are all manifestations of the same unified phenomenon. Maxwell proposed 
something incredible for his time that light is an electromagnetic wave. His equations 
predicted these waves always travel at a constant speed and when he calculated it he 
found it was the exact speed of light. This discovery unified optics and electromagnetism 
paving the way for radio, television and all modern technology. If Newton explained motion and 
Einstein explained spaceime, Maxwell explained the field that connects the entire visible universe. 
One man, one theory, and science changed forever.

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