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Every year, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society carefully selects a
group of distinguished microwave lecturers who are considered experts in their
field. The lecturers are available to present talks to local MTT-S chapters
world-wide. In 2005, Dr James C Rautio, President and Founder of Sonnet Software
Inc. was selected as one of a select few Distinguished Microwave Lecturers.
In his 90 minute presentation, Dr. Rautio covers the Life of Dr. James Clerk
Maxwell, from the viewpoint of a microwave engineer, drawing on many sources in
providing an understanding of James Maxwell himself. In many ways, James
Clerk Maxwell stands shoulder to shoulder with Newton and Einstein, yet even
those of us who have spent decades working with Maxwell's equations are almost
totally unfamiliar with his life and times. What was Maxwell like as an infant?
What was the tragedy at eight years old that profoundly influenced his life?
What unique means of transportation did young Maxwell use to escape a cruel
tutor? What memorable event occurred on his first day of school? When did he
publish his first papers, and what were they about? What did Maxwell have to do
with the rings of Saturn? Why did he lose his job as a professor? Why did he
have a hard time getting another job? What was his wife like? What is Maxwell's
legacy to us? The answers to these questions provide insight into Maxwell the
person and add an extra dimension to those four simple equations we have studied
ever since.
(Click here for an anecdotal
summary on the Life of James Clerk Maxwell.)
Listed below are upcoming dates and various locations around the world where Dr
Rautio will be holding his lecture series. For information about a
specific lecture listed below, please, contact the lecture coordinator directly.
Local chapters are encouraged to take full advantage of this resource and to
schedule well in advance. To request this lecture at your local MTT
chapter, please send an email to
Dr. James Rautio.
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Maxwell Year 2006 is being run under the auspices of an
informal consortium of civic, university, learned society and educational bodies
who have planned a series of events during the year to bring Clerk Maxwell's
little known achievements before young people and a wider general public.
Members of the consortium include: The City of Edinburgh, The Edinburgh Academy,
The University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Institute of Physics, The
James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, National Museums of Scotland, and The Royal
Society of Edinburgh.
Click here
to visit their web site.
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