Aurelius@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?message-squaremessage-square263fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down14
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?Aurelius@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square263fedilink
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·4 months agoJames Clerk Maxwell. If it uses electricity then it’s based on Maxwell’s equations.
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoMaxwell was an important contributor to the formalization of electromagnetism, yes, but just as much recognition should be given to Faraday for discovering the bloody thing exists in the first place.
minus-squarewargreymon2023@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoHe is not the one and only great physicist in history tho.
James Clerk Maxwell. If it uses electricity then it’s based on Maxwell’s equations.
Also if it uses light!
Maxwell was an important contributor to the formalization of electromagnetism, yes, but just as much recognition should be given to Faraday for discovering the bloody thing exists in the first place.
He is not the one and only great physicist in history tho.