Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Thanks to the work of James Clerk Maxwell, light was shown to be a form of electromagnetic radiation.

My other videos on the history of science:
Planck and the birth of quantum mechanics, 1 youtu.be/bAYy7EGKDFA
Brief history of light part 1 youtu.be/iU5KRevpGH0
Brief history of light part 2 youtu.be/biT7cptECdI
Through the sound barrier with the X-1, part 1 youtu.be/3vTAefEj4Kc
Through the sound barrier with the X-1, part 2 youtu.be/6VqJBXq90qE
The strange history of the moons of Mars youtu.be/uq-v1AdPN5k
The harmony of the spheres youtu.be/ZtiTSJQLEkQ
Vulcan: the planet that never was youtu.be/088rxrmXBfQ
War of the Worlds youtu.be/x9tvJRqEFCY
The experiment that changed the world youtu.be/lyocnRvCKik
Ernest Rutherford and the birth of nuclear physics youtu.be/W-vGMncXJw4
Percival Lowell youtu.be/UvmoKv1BOAw
The canals of Mars youtu.be/ChJKQMiNC2c
Pythagoras youtu.be/j1N3N4cgHaM

My website: daviddarling.info

The Science Fiction Rock Experience - the music show I produce:
youtube.com/channel/UCqiy8Z6Trr-DDtZoyVZhvHA

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