Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



James Clerk Maxwell

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



A young Maxwell at Trinity College, Cambridge, holding one of his colour wheels

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Title page to a 1872 copy of "Theory of Heat"

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Title page of a 1879 copy of "The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish F.R.S," edited by Maxwell

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Title page to a 1882 copy of "Matter and Motion"

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



A postcard from Maxwell to Peter Tait

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Volumes I and II of "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism" (1873)

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Maxwell proved that the rings of Saturn were made of numerous small particles

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



James Clerk Maxwell by Jemima Blackburn

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Commemoration of Maxwell's equations at King's College. One of three identical IEEE Milestone Plaques

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Blue plaque, 16 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, Maxwell's home, 1860–1865

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



The gravestone at Parton Kirk (Galloway) of James Clerk Maxwell

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



This memorial stone to James Clerk Maxwell stands on a green in front of the church, beside the war memorial at Parton (Galloway)

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



The James Clerk Maxwell Monument in Edinburgh, by Alexander Stoddart

Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 June 1831
Cambridge, 5 November 1879
mathematician and scientist

James Clerk Maxwell



Poster in the app developer's garage

June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015
mathematician

John Forbes Nash Jr.



Nash in the 2000s

June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015
mathematician

John Forbes Nash Jr.



Nash in November 2006 at a game theory conference in Cologne, Germany

Milverton, England, 13 June 1773
London, 10 May 1829
polymath

Thomas Young



Portrait of Young by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1822

Milverton, England, 13 June 1773
London, 10 May 1829
polymath

Thomas Young



Plate from "Lectures" of 1802 (RI), pub. 1807

Milverton, England, 13 June 1773
London, 10 May 1829
polymath

Thomas Young



Young's Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy

Milverton, England, 13 June 1773
London, 10 May 1829
polymath

Thomas Young



Volumes I and II of A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807)

Milverton, England, 13 June 1773
London, 10 May 1829
polymath

Thomas Young



Title page to volume I of A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807)

Milverton, England, 13 June 1773
London, 10 May 1829
polymath

Thomas Young



Contents to volume I of A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807)

Milverton, England, 13 June 1773
London, 10 May 1829
polymath

Thomas Young



Title page to volume I of A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807)

Soignies, Belgium, 13 June 1870
Brussels, 6 April 1961
immunologist and microbiologist

Jules Bordet



Jules Bordet

Soignies, Belgium, 13 June 1870
Brussels, 6 April 1961
immunologist and microbiologist

Jules Bordet



Jules Bordet

Soignies, Belgium, 13 June 1870
Brussels, 6 April 1961
immunologist and microbiologist

Jules Bordet



Jules Bordet's grave in Ixelles Cemetery

Heroes' birthday on Google Play