He made the astounding prediction that fleeting electric currents could exist not only in conductors but in all materials, and even in empty space. Here was the missing part of the linkage; now everything fitted into a complete and
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“James was generous with his time to any friend who needed it—as well as to some, like Lawson, who did not! When one friend had eye trouble and could not read, James spent an hour each evening reading out his bookwork for the next day. He bucked up fellow students when they were depressed and on several occasions nursed others who were sick. He helped freshmen who were having trouble with their studies. He also found time to keep up a lively correspondence with his father, Aunt Jane, Lewis Campbell and others.”
― The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
― The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
“Happy is the man who can recognise in the work of Today a connected portion of the work of life, and an embodiment of the work of Eternity ...”
― The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
― The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
“What does one dream of when the dream has been achieved?”
― The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
― The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
“من هوان نفسك عليك وإهانة جنسك في الناس أن تتكلم بغير لغتك في بلدك وبين قومك من غير ضرورة ولا مناسبة , فإن ذلك إن دل على شيء فإنما يدل على عدم استقلالك في خليقتك وعقيدتك ونمط تفكيرك وأسلوب عملك .. فـ يا قومنا؛ إن لغة المرء تاريخه وذاته , فالغض منها غض منه , والتفضيل عليها تفضيل عليه .. ولا يرضى لنفسه الضعة والصغار إل...ا من هان على نفسه وكان من العاجزين”
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