"THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY OWES ITS ORIGINS TO MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD" ALBERT EINSTEIN
"SINCE MAXWELL'S TIME, PHYSICAL REALITY HAS BEEN THOUGHT OF AS REPRESENTED BY CONTINUOUS FIELDS, AND NOT CAPABLE OF ANY MECHANICAL INTERPRETATION. THIS CHANGE IN THE CONCEPTION OF REALITY IS THE MOST PROFOUND AND THE MOST FRUITFUL THAT PHYSICS HAS EXPERIENCED SINCE THE TIME OF NEWTON" ALBERT EINSTEIN
"HE ACHIEVED GREATNESS UNEQUALLED" MAX PLANCK
"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 EVENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY WILL BE JUDGED AS MAXWELL'S DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF ELECTRODYNAMICS"
RICHARD P FEYNMAN
"MAXWELL'S IMPORTANCE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT IS COMPARABLE TO EINSTEIN'S (WHOM HE INSPIRED) AND TO NEWTON'S (WHOSE INFLUENCE HE CURTAILED)" IVAN TOLSTOY, BIOGRAPHER OF MAXWELL
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A quote that excellently portrays James Clerk Maxwell�s personality occurs when he is informed that there is a mandatory 6 A.M. chapel at Cambridge University, the story goes that he took a deep breath, and said �aye, I suppose I can stay up that late.� [2]