麦克斯韦主要从事电磁理论、分子物理学、统计物理学、光学、力学、弹性理论方面的研究。尤其是他建立的电磁场理论,将电学、磁学、光学统一起来,是19世纪物理学发展的最光辉的成果,是科学史上最伟大的综合之一。他预言了电磁波的存在。这种理论预见后来得到了充分的实验验证。他为物理学树起了一座丰碑。造福于人类的无线电技术,就是以电磁场理论为基础发展起来的。
1847年,麦克斯韦16岁,中学毕业,进入爱丁堡大学学习。这里是苏格兰的最高学府。他是班上年纪最小的学生,但考试成绩却总是名列前茅。他在这里专攻数学物理,并且显示出非凡的才华。他读书非常用功,但并非死读书,在学习之余他仍然写诗,不知满足地读课外书,积累了相当广泛的知识。在爱丁堡大学,麦克斯韦获得了攀登科学高峰所必备的基础训练。其中两个人对他影响最深,一是物理学家和登山家福布斯,一是逻辑学和形而上学教授哈密顿。在这些有真才实学的人的影响下,加上麦克斯韦个人的天才和努力,麦克斯韦的学识一天天进步,他用三年时间就完成了四年的学业,相形之下,爱丁堡大学这个摇篮已经不能满足麦克斯韦的求知欲。为了进一步深造,1850年,他征得了父亲的同意,离开爱丁堡,到人才济济的剑桥去求学。
麦克斯韦的主要贡献是建立了麦克斯韦方程组,创立了经典电动力学,并且预言了电磁波的存在,提出了光的电磁说。麦克斯韦是电磁学理论的集大成者。他出生于电磁学理论奠基人法拉第提出电磁感应定理的1831年,后来又与法拉第结成忘年之交,共同构筑了电磁学理论的科学体系。物理学历史上认为牛顿的经典力学打开了机械时代的大门,而麦克斯韦电磁学理论则为电气时代奠定了基石。
请问这是你自己翻译的么?还是wikipedia那里摘过来的句子?
追答WIKIPEDIA./ 大部分能对应吧,也不完全一样。 鄙人才识学浅,请原谅
追问能否稍微改一些词让这篇顺些。。拜托了。。
追答Maxwell most prominent achievement was formulating a set of equations that united previously unrelated observations, experiments, and equations of electricity, magnetism, and optics into a consistent theory. He is regarded as the 19th-century scientist who has the greatest influence on 20th-century physics,Maxwell proposed that light was in fact undulations in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena.The unification of light and electrical phenomena led to the prediction of the existence of radio waves.
Maxwell left the Academy in 1847 at the age of 16 and began attending classes at the University of Edinburgh.Having had the opportunity to attend the University of Cambridge after his first term Maxwell instead decided to complete the full course of his undergraduate studies.James Forbes influence him significantly. In 1950, with his Uncle's agreement, he have had the opportunity to attend the University of Cambridge after his first term.