Aurelius@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?message-squaremessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoJames Clerk Maxwell. If it uses electricity then it’s based on Maxwell’s equations.
minus-squarewargreymon2023@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoHe is not the one and only great physicist in history tho.
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.
James Clerk Maxwell. If it uses electricity then it’s based on Maxwell’s equations.
He is not the one and only great physicist in history tho.
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.