A Tribute to James Clerk Maxwell on the 150th Anniversary of His Equations (1864–2014) [Historical Corner]

This December issue of the Historical Corner of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine cannot be anything less that our humble tribute to James Clerk Maxwell. Indeed, in December 2014 there is a very important anniversary. It was exactly 150 years (December 8, 1864) since James Clerk Maxwell [Edinburgh, Scotland, June 13, 1831 - Cambridge, England, November 5, 1879] presented his dissertation, A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, in which he introduced the equations now bearing his name. The dissertation was submitted on October 27, 1864. It was given to the public on December 8, 1864, and published in January 1865 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Volume 155, pp. 459–512; see Figure 1).