James Maxwell

Person · Open Library

Works

57

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1973-05-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

27

Total plays

737

James Maxwell makes music on his computer. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Maxwell">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 85,107x

2. Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations

   · 1976 · cited 68,300x

3. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

   · 2012 · cited 66,877x

4. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 36,538x

5. Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.

   · 1988 · cited 31,718x

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Quotes

• “Velocity of transverse undulations in our hypothetical medium, calculated from the electromagnetic experiments of 'MM'. Kohlrausch and Weber, agrees so exactly with the velocity of light calculated from the optical experiments of M. Fizeau, that we can scarcely avoid the conclusion that light consists in the transverse undulations of the same medium which is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena.”
• “I have also cleared the electromagnetic theory of light from all unwarrantable assumption, so that we may safely determine the velocity of light by measuring the attraction between bodies kept at a given difference of potential, the value of which is known in electromagnetic measure.”
• “I have also a paper afloat, with an electromagnetic theory of light, which, till I am convinced to the contrary, I hold to be great guns.”
• “We may find illustrations of the highest doctrines of science in games and gymnastics, in travelling by land and by water, in storms of the air and of the sea, and wherever there is matter in motion.”
• “The vast interplanetary and interstellar regions will no longer be regarded as waste places in the universe, which the Creator has not seen fit to fill with the symbols of the manifold order of His kingdom. We shall find them to be already full of this wonderful medium; so full, that no human power can remove it from the smallest portion of Space, or produce the slightest flaw in its infinite continuity.”
• “It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state...”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

James

Family name

Maxwell

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Worcester

Place of death

London

Spouse

Avril Elgar

Occupation

theatrical director

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

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