List of things named after James Clerk Maxwell
This is a list of things named for James Clerk Maxwell.
Science
- Einstein–Maxwell–Dirac equations
- Maxwell–Bloch equations
- Maxwell's discs
- Maxwell's theorem
- Maxwell's Wheel
- Maxwell's fisheye lens
Electromagnetism
- Maxwell–Wagner–Sillars polarization
- Maxwell–Wien bridge, see Maxwell bridge
- Maxwell bridge
- Maxwell coil
- Maxwell displacement current
- Maxwell's equations (electromagnetism)
- Maxwell–Proca equation
- Maxwell–Ampere law
- The maxwell (Mx), a compound derived CGS unit measuring magnetic flux[1]
- Maxwell tensor, also Maxwell stress tensor
Thermodynamics and kinetic theory
- Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics
- Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution (statistical thermodynamics), also known as Maxwellian curve, or Maxwellian for short.
- Maxwell–Stefan diffusion
- Maxwell's relations (thermodynamics)
- Maxwell's thermodynamic surface
- Maxwell's demon, a thought experiment in statistical physics
- Maxwell construction
- Maxwell equal area rule, see Maxwell construction
- Maxwell speed distribution
- Maxwell distribution, see Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution
Solid mechanics
- Maxwell material
- Maxwell model of elasticity, see Maxwell material
Astronomy
- 12760 Maxwell, an asteroid
- Maxwell Montes, a mountain range on Venus[2]
- The Maxwell Gap in the Rings of Saturn[3]
- Maxwell (crater)
Optics
- Maxwellian view, a method of illuminating the eye by focusing an image at the plane of the pupil[4]
Neuroscience
- Maxwell's Spot, a reddish spot seen in the centre of a visual field when a white surface is viewed through a dichroic filter transmitting red and blue lights. In 1856, Maxwell observed a dark spot in the blue region of a prismatic spectrum. The spot moved with his eye but disappeared upon looking elsewhere in the spectrum. He concluded that the spot was entoptic, being produced by a localized reduction of retinal illuminance that resulted from absorption of blue light by the yellow macular pigment, as the combined effects of the macular pigment and the distribution of short wavelength cones results in the fovea centralis having a lower sensitivity to blue light.
Others
- The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, the largest submillimetre-wavelength astronomical telescope in the world, with a diameter of 15 metres (49 ft)[5]
- The James Clerk Maxwell Building of the University of Edinburgh, housing the schools of mathematics, physics and meteorology[6]
- The James Clerk Maxwell building at the Waterloo campus of King's College London, in commemoration of his time as Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's from 1860 to 1865. The university also has a chair in Physics named after him, and a society for undergraduate physicists.[7]
- The James Clerk Maxwell Centre of the Edinburgh Academy[8]
- The Maxwell Centre at the University of Cambridge, dedicated to academia-industry interactions in Physical Sciences and Technology.[9]
- James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society[10]
- IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award[11]
- Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the Universities of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt
- James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
- Maxwell Year 2006, website celebrating the 175th anniversary of his birth
- Nvidia Maxwell, a GPU architecture released in 2014.[12]
- Maxwell (Almighty God). The God mentioned throughout the Tales of Franchise. The Almighty Being in the story is named after him and places him on a pedastal as the Lord of Creation, making appearances in Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Phantasia 2, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Symphonia:Dawn of a new World, Tales of Xillia, and Tales of Xillia 2.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including dimensionless numbers and scales. Springer. 2012-12-06. ISBN 9789400941113. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "The Magellan Venus Explorer's Guide, Chapter 8, What's in a Name?". JPL/NASA. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "PIA09857: Maxwell's Namesake". JPL/NASA. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ↑ Leibowitz, Herschel (1954). "The Use and Calibration of the 'Maxwellian View' in Visual Instrumentation". The American Journal of Psychology. 67 (3): 530–532. JSTOR 1417947.
- ↑ "The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope" (PDF). James Clerk Maxwell Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB)". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ↑ "James Clerk Maxwell". King's College London. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ↑ "'Dafty' genius honoured at last by his alma mater". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "Maxwell Centre". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, accessed 15 Nov 2013.
- ↑ IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award, accessed 26 Nov 2013.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140218145134/http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell
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