Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?

Aurelius · 1Y

Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?

Melllvar · 1Y

James Clerk Maxwell. If it uses electricity then it’s based on Maxwell’s equations.

@wargreymon2023@sopuli.xyz · edit-2 1Y

He is not the one and only great physicist in history tho.

@quicksand@lemm.ee · 1Y

Also if it uses light!

@Gabu@lemmy.ml · 1Y

Maxwell was an important contributor to the formalization of electromagnetism, yes, but just as much recognition should be given to Faraday for discovering the bloody thing exists in the first place.