This collection reveals Maxwell working across experiment, mathematics, and scientific communication. The colour papers connect physical mixtures of light to human perception, while the dynamical work turns abstract rotation into a form that can be demonstrated mechanically.
The lectures also show Maxwell thinking about laboratories and education. They are useful reminders that his achievement was broader than the four equations now carrying his name.
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