James Clerk Maxwell Foundation

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Statue of James Clerk Maxwell, George Street, Edinburgh

The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation is a registered Scottish charity[1] set up in 1977. By supporting physics and mathematics, it honors one of the greatest physicists, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879),[2] and while attempting to increase the public awareness and trust of science. It maintains a small museum in Maxwell's birthplace. This museum is owned by the Foundation.

  1. ^ "James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, Registered Charity no. SC015003". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
  2. ^ "Einstein the greatest". BBC News. UK: BBC. 29 November 1999. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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