THE GREATEST SCIENTIST IN HISTORY: Men from Scotlands Past
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- In THE GREATEST SCIENTIST IN HISTORY: Men from Scotlands Past Scottish history tour guides Bruce Fummey talks about the greatest Scottish scientist. Few will dispute that James Clerk Maxwell was the greatest Scots scientist in history but, for Bruce, it's one of his Scottish science heroes. Bruce voted for him in the TV series Greatest Ever Scot. Bruce relates the size of Maxwell's achievements whilst taking you on part of the James Clerk Maxwell walking tour of Edinburgh, and encourages you to make this one of your days out in Scotland. He also recommends the biography of Maxwell, The Man Who Changed Everything.
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Scotland History Tours is here for people who want to learn about Scottish history and get ideas for Scottish history tours. I try to make videos which tell you tales from Scotland's past and give you information about key dates in Scottish history and historical places to visit in Scotland. Not all videos are tales from Scotland's history, some of them are about men from Scotland's past or women from Scotland's past. Basically the people who made Scotland. From April 2020 onward I've tried to give ideas for historic days out in Scotland. Essentially these are days out in Scotland for adults who are interested in historical places to visit in Scotland.
As one of Scotland history tour guides people ask: Help me plan a Scottish holiday, or help me plan a Scottish vacation of your from the US. So from April 2020 I've tried to give a bit of history, but some places of interest in Scotland as well.
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I read that book years ago because there are two outstanding scientists who fundamentally changed our understanding of the world:
Charles Darwin in Biology and James Clerk Maxwell in Physics.
The difference is that Maxwell was a lovely man. He took all his teaching jobs under two conditions: He'd start the academic year a few weeks late so he could help with the harvest on his ancestral farm and he demanded one day off per week so he could teach for free in a local working man's club.
Also Maxwell is the giant on whose shoulders Einstein stood to achieve what he did.
Cannot wait, CANNOT WAIT to go on the three mile walk! 😎🏴🇿🇦
So are you saying that Aberdeen, Slough and Milton Keynes are twinned?
We’re forgetting that DNA was technically discontinued by a woman working with Watson and the other guy who discovered” DNA (I forget his name and I know you said it, I couldn’t make out exactly the name you said) but the woman took the photograph and deciphered it. Watson and his colleagues took credit for her work once she died.
Scottish scientists and inventors ...a possible future video topic !!
.... the first electric cars...
Robert Anderson 1832
and later, 1837
Robert Davidson, Aberdeen, with his Galvani electric locomotive
William Morris, a Scot from Ohio , first rechargeable battery about 1889-1900
the first EV ''wagon'' , 20mph / recharging every 50 miles ...
I am a retired Professor of Geophysics, who has worked with some form of electromagnetics all my scholarly life. Maxwell's equations are a thing of beauty, and the symmetry is wonderful. When I was on study leave (sabbatical for North Americans) in Aberdeen, one time I wandered around the University of Aberdeen. I happened upon the chapel, and in the entrance to the chapel were the portraits of past Professors, including Maxwell. I of course paid my homage to that great scientist, and his work laid the foundations for much of modern physics. Thank you for you passion about this brilliant physicist.
Am I remembering right that Maxwell set the stage, so to speak, for Einstein to stand upon once the latter figured out that the speed of light was constant and, subsequently, come up with relativity?
ETA: And I asked that too soon as he mentioned Einstein crediting Maxwell just after the 14:20 mark... lol That's what I get for reading comments while listening to the video.
David How beautiful put 🌹
How did he do it ?? Any rough ideas ???
And the world knows the name Bruce Fummey as the wonderful historical storyteller whose passion makes it all leap, once again, to vibrant life - for us! Thank you Bruce!
Totally agreed
Yep!
Your storytelling is spellbinding! I do enjoy your episodes from California!
Yup, I enjoy his Scottish history "let me tell you a story" thank you Bruce!
@@stevenmclaren2730 my father's, Grandmother's father was Robert McLaren MP (he was minister of mines & mining) I think, I know he was born 1856 & he wrote a couple books on mining too.
When ever I am in George Street, I always pay my respects to one of the most famous unknown Scottish Heroes.
Bruce, I love your passion and story telling ability of our fantastic Scottish History. Thank you Sir.
Wow, Bruce had 454 subscribers when this video was done! Now over 70K! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Scotland has produced some of the greatest minds of all time! 🏴🧠
It sure has
164K as I'm watching in Dec 2022.
Looks to me like Scotland is Still producing them.
I was genuinely tearing up at this. As a proud Scot and aspiring engineer. Thank you for being passionate about Scotland, the betterment of man kind and virtuous history 💙
Bruce you are a national treasure yourself!
Einstein was once asked about being the smartest man on Earth, he replied “ask Nikola Tesla”
Yet Tesla attributed all his early work to maxwell
Einstein also once said he was standing on the shoulders of James Clarke Maxwell!!
If maxwell was alive he would have said ask maxwell
I have never heard of Einstein making anything but a passing reference to Tesla (who was a first rate innovator/engineer but not a physicist of any great consequence) he did have enormous respect however for James Clarke Maxwell who was a physicist of historic standing.
Much myth has grown around Tesla who was without question a brilliant man but in America for people seem to be under the impression that he was a major figure in the history of science. He did not in fact invent the A/C electrical system which is often claimed. Tesla was a very creative and imaginative developer of ideas, some his own but many not.
Thank You James Clark Maxwell !
Maxwell has always been my scientific hero. He's one of the giants of science. It's great to see such passion about him. Thank you.
Thank you James Clark maxwell
IN 1969, York, Ji, Mathews ( later Prof Jim ) gave a public lecture explaining to the great unwashed that the greatest scientist off all time was JCM and he was Scottish ( as is Jim Mathews.). 53 years later, still the most outstanding presentation of all time. He might still be alive ... any chance of .... buggar, just looked him up and he died 4 years ago... another great Scot.
James Clark Maxwell,!!! Cheers!!!
Definitely one of the greatest scientists
Holy crap, this is one of the best physics lectures ever posted. Well done sir.
He was my science hero but brilliantly explained Bruce. We all stand on the shoulders of Maxwell
I will never look at a tv the same way again… I’m a retired electrician (due to health) and have only ever considered newton’s theory’s. But what’s astounding is the work of James Clark Maxwell. I will certainly be buying the book. Thank you for sharing such a passionate depiction of a hidden hero who should be more widely known. He certainly shall be in my house! … on the side to this, I’m an adoptee and have recently discovered some Scottish connections… so I can smile all the more! 😂
Yay
Very interesting. I would have to cast my vote as the greatest Scot for Alexander Fleming. His discovery of the first antibiotic undoubtedly saved tens of millions of lives in the years after he made this amazing discovery. In the world of science, Scotland punches well above its weight.
Bloody hell. This was absolutely brilliant. Thank you JC Maxwell and thank you BF for bringing him to us.
In December 2015 BBC screened a program entitled "Scotland's Einstein - James Clerk Maxwell - The man who changed the world" presented by Professor Iain Stewart. "Do you recognise this man? " he asked, thrusting a photograph of the great man in front of many passers by. He was stood in Edinburgh next to the statue. "No" came the puzzled reply from everyone asked. I shook my head in utter disbelief. Undoubtedly the greatest scotsman there has ever been, and there have been many. Whenever I meet anyone from Scotland I turn the topic round to JCM and I have yet to find one who has heard of the great man.
I also have a great admiration for another brilliant scientist who often falls under the radar and that is Robert Hooke, England's Leonardo da Vinci. Known mainly for his law of elasticity "ut tensio sic vis" there was much more to him than that. The late Lisa Jardine daughter of Jacob Bronowski has written an excellent book on him. The big mistake Hooke made was dying before Isaac Newton.
watching somebody talk of their passion is always a pleasure
Thank you for the passion and excitement of this presentation. I've been a Maxwell fan since I was a geeky girl in middle school. I've had five heroes in my life. No! That's wrong. I've had about 30 of them. But right up there with Newton, Einstein, Feynman and Darwin is James Clerk Maxwell. I have one of those stupid fan t-shirts that says "And God said...(followed by Maxwell's equations...). You know how it goes!
Anyway, Thanks. It seems like as I progress chronologically through your videos I'm enjoying them more and more.
I am such a fan!
😂
As an engineer working in Electromagnetic Compatability I know Maxwell, his equations and his great contributions to the field. I'll have to visit his home when I travel to Scotland.
Brilliant. Why did I never learn about this genius when I grew up in Scotland?
Did you do physics? Maxwell's Equations
Well, it used to be that scotlands curriculum was drawn up in london.
I knew more about fish landings in lowestoft than I did JCM.
This is what CZcams is for. THIS. Thanks Bruce, your passion is contagious!
Bruce that was a brilliant tribute he is arguable the greatest Physicist of all time
That is astounding, scots dont know him, wow Maxwell is the modern legend of all time.
9:53 think Greg in his bmw 5 series wants to pass you on a public walk way
Yes!! My favourite scientist and mathematician! His equations are beauty and elegance defined. 💕
Outstanding Bruce.
my grandma born 1873 glascow arrived in adelaide in1879 is the greatest scot. lived to her 102nd year
I'm coming to Adelaide with a live show in February. Please spread the word adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/stories-of-scotland-af2023
That was amazing, this incredible Scottish man and we were not educated about him so thank you for the story of great history
Brilliant content always love learning more about Scotland. It should be mandatory in school education to learn about this kind of more modern history stuff along with roman and viking times etc. Also love the way you deliver the content, can tell your passionate about Scotland and how its been shaped and the great people it's produced ......ten from Ken 👌
So happy that you did this piece on Maxwell. He's famous, but IMO he's still greatly underrated. We're coming to Scotland in June and plan to take the walk that you have suggested here. Many thanks for the suggestion. I'm also greatly impressed with your personal understanding of Maxwell's accomplishments and your ability to explain them to your viewers. Well done!
That's brilliant. I hope you have a great time
This dude for real needs more recognition. I remember learning all of these principals in my physics lessons. But not once was Maxwell mentioned. saying that it was an English school, guess they were jealous.
Great video. I only learnt about him when I studied photography at college. The children of Scotland should be taught about the man.
We were in Scotland from the end of July to about the middle of August. We rented a horrible flat that was so sketchy we relocated to a hotel near Maxwell's statue. I was out for a walk alone and looked up and saw the statue of the great man. James Clerk Maxwell... The father of electromagnetic theory. Formulator of Maxwell's equations. Devout and yet evangelical Presbyterian... I looked up at his statue and I felt small. What I have been able to learn and teach my students about EM radiation has been, to steal a line from Newton, because I stood on the shoulders of giants. Giants like James Clerk Maxwell... Awesome video and an awesome passion for Physics and your home country Bruce.
I am American. I am also an electrical engineering technician working in a steel mill. As such, I knew everything you said about James Clerk Maxwell except that he was Scotts. This explains a great deal, Thank You.
I voted for him!
Einstein had a photo of Maxwell on his desk to inspire him.
He was a genius problem solver too.
Anither gem, Bruce, thanks for the heids up aboot this amazing individual.
Yes. I knew that but I'm a physics geek.
I love this episode.
Which brings me to the sad thought that
there might be a number of people who
haven't heard of Maxwell-what an
amazing mind!
So thrilled to find this! I work in television in Pennsylvania and we celebrate his birthday every year!
Yay
Personal comment of Laura Botten: I've heard of James Clark Maxwell, and I'm not into science.... but then my dad gets excited about such things in the same way as you told the story, so it was probably him.
Yes!
Hahha, absolutely awesome how excited you are about this! Woulda killed for such a physics teacher, Bruce.
Another fantastically informative video, and a great wee dig at our shady past of people commemorated in stone for some truly horrific activities.
Also I think Hertz was another that was under appreciated for developing on Maxwell’s theory while setting up a car rental business?
Ye, that Hertz boy was a multitasker right enough
Ye, that Hertz boy was a multitasker right enough
That was quite passionate!
I wanna sit down and drink coffee or tea with this man and talk about history 🤣
Yes
Thank you! I share among those interested in Scots, and you give great parallels and stories for those in prison.
The Greatest Ever Scot? Easy. My late Edinburgh mother Marion Millar Finlayson. Round of applause.
Greatest ever scientist? Would agree with you.
Not only a fascinating man with a brain the size of Jupiter, but an all around nice human being. Look out for his wee dug Toby sitting at his feet when you look at the statue. "A terrier of the mustard kind."
Wonderful vid, Mr F! 👏🌞👏
That is just so cool 😎 🌹🦋❤️☮️🇺🇸
You are brilliant at what you do. I've passed you on to freinds in Scotland, America and elsewhere. In one video you said you were just a story teller. A fantastic thing to be, but you are more. A teacher tae
Without Maxwell, Einstein would have had no basis for his own theories. This is a great lead in to a great book, "How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It". Taing airson taisbeanadh sgoinneil eile.
Bruce you are A Great Teacher! Enthusiastically send us out to learn for ourselves!
I try
@@ScotlandHistoryTours And you perform well. All the best Rab
I believe it was Maxwell who hypothesised about the displacement current in electromagnetism and then noticed that his equations had solutions which travel at the speed of light. A real revelation!
One word!!!! WOW
I knew who it was as soon as you started talking about magnetism. Was taught this way back starting in 1968 in Form 2 at school. I can't remember all the actual equations now but I've never forgotten the rule of thumb. A shame he's not better known. I'll look forward to reading the book.
As a scientist who does spectroscopy with the help of strong magnetic fields, I owe my career to JCM and his equations. Thank you for giving a great human being the limelight.❤
Delighted
Bruce, your passion is infectious! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight!
You're welcome Paul
I bought my first colour TV in 1978 also, for the World Cup, second hand.
Loved this so much. Bruce should be on the telly.
This is so great ! I love science and math, I should say I'm intrigued by them. Mr. Maxwell was here before all those other guys like Tesla, et al. And from SCOTLAND ! 52722
That was good watchin 👍
Thank you for those stories🥰
You’re welcome 😊
Yes, but wow, I never heard about this amazing man!
Every day's a school day
Well, I will hold my hands up in shame; I had no idea who you were talking about and have never heard his name. Mea culpa.
If I were a Scot, I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror, after such an admission.
Thank-you, James Clerk Maxwell and thank-you Bruce Fummey. :)
Please don’t forget about his poor wee wifey who was also a scientist and helped him prove his theories about electro magnetism and light and her name was Kathryn Dewar, my namesake 👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
I feel an excitement, as you remind me of greatness, inspired, with good reason, at an unassuming age.
I feel a voltage, within the surge of ‘pride’ , to know, why it matters.
I get a tear or a grip of emotion, in groundation of spirit. Yea, they are my people.As in electrical ground.
I notice wattage, where the brightness of all things in relation, spell a sentence worth of info, about what is noticeable.
My mother loved Aberdeen Ave. in Cambridge , Mass. in amerika, had lived in pre-depression London, with adoptive relatives. I love my scottish root, knowing it’s hidden nature, in my family.✅
Wow!!! Love the ENERGY/PASSION.
Thankyou for an eye opener to REAL history. Yes I've shared!
Glad you enjoyed it
Never new anything about him, sad we do not have this kind of history in our schools. I no more about America history then i do scottish and lived here all my days.... I will never forget it now in the way u told this story and how excited u got telling us 👍 thank u
Cheers Robert
Fabulous
That was just geat Bruce. We need JCM highlighted more than ever. I really appreciated your take on him. We have definatley put Maxwell in a box slightly, and more so than we should have.
Because his contribution as you rightly suggest knows almost no bounds compared to others who are supposedly at least as eminent.
Being an english colony for 300 years has not helped us present Maxwell & his incredible genius with the recognition he deserves.
Oh c'mon. There's a limit to what we can blame on the Union. It's down to US to sing the praises of our heroes.
I think the problem is more likely the complexity of what he achieved. If it could be broken into a simple sound byte he would be a great British hero. What Newton did was astounding, but people recognise him because it can be distilled into an apple falling from a tree. Folk don't talk about the connection of that apple falling, and the moon travelling round the earth, and the earth round the sun and the maths to explain it all as a single phenomena. If they did nobody wold talk about Newton
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Maxwell's insights were truly astonishing as you tell us.
I suspect the terrible union has plenty to do with the lack of praise we offer. Ourselves, yes we should carry some blame too. In modern terms, apart from Leibniz work ;) much of what Newton found has been surpassed. Joking aside he made a significant contribution too. But that we generally think of Newton before Maxwell tells it's own story. Undoubtedly connected to the whole London RS recorded narrative etc, the reputation of that, and science history capital that afforded him.
I do believe that had we not been forced into the god forsaken english union Maxwell would taken a more eminent place.
Why else is he not already more prominent. I identified that as a key point in your piece, and as a note worthy point.
Hoots mon!
Getting a tad serious here... :)
Bruce Fummey, the scottish James Burke, passionate stuff,
Answer is YES..and this is 1 of my favorite videos Of Mr Bruce and I d NEVER heard of MR JAMES CLARK MAXWELL...this is a must share video and why are you not Mr Bruce on TV 🗣 And Thank You for teaching us ps im 60 ..teach the children real history
Glad you enjoyed it😎
Fantastic cover of Maxwell's gift to the modern world a man who I have admired a long time. There is another great Scot that I admire who's scientific work has been a life saving gift to the world John Scott Haldane. He devised the first decompression tables which overcame the problem of the bends in divers, caison workers and anyone else working in a pressurised environment, so thanks to him we have been able to build structures from depth without killing or seriously disabling the workforce. Keep up the great work Bruce..
YES!! I understand!!
Thanks for this Bruce. Is awesome.
We enjoyed this back in physics class with you at High School.
I remember the jokes then too.
Ian
Aye, it's a pity the jokes weren't in the exam
Hi Bruce, all through your video I was hoping it would be James Maxwell! I first heard of him in a brilliant 3 part documentary entitled 'Shock and Awe - the story of electricity by Jim Khalili. When I first visited Glasgow a few years ago, i saw his name inscibed on the gates of Glasgow University, along with Lord Kelvin that so much of Glasgow is named after!! Gwan the Scots!!!
My dad taught me about James Clerk Maxwell. But then my dad studied mathematics and chemistry at the University of Glasgow. I did not, however, know that JCM was nicknamed "Dafty."
Damn! So glad I stumbled upon this video.
Greatly enjoyed that!
yes
Classic Bruce. I was backing away in bewilderment from my iPad from your sheer passion for the this genius, I thought more folks knew of him but perhaps they don't ?
Sadly they don't. I used to be a physics teacher you know?
I looked out for this video Bruce after you mentioned James Clark Maxwell at your gig in Broughty Ferry in Dec 2022.
I am ashamed to say I had never heard of him!
I'm delighted you know him now
I recently came across your channel, and just saw your video about who you are and what to expect and not from the channel. I'm a physicist by education (specializing in QCD and nuclear physics) but worked in other fields. Figures that you (Bruce Finney) was a physics teacher - you still have a love and passion for the subject. The greatest ever is a tough one - quantum theory and quantum field theory had many contributors, so it's not realistic to single out any one.
I think in terms of a single scientist having the largest impact on our understanding of the nature of things as a whole, it would be Einstein. The Newtonian static universe was the dogmatic view for over two centuries, then Einstein gave us curving, expanding space, inertial mass, time dilation, and all the implications of General Relativity that upended the Newtonian apple cart and redefined the nature of the universe.
However, that has little direst impact on the regular world we all share. Maxwell was not only foundational for future physics, his understanding of electromagnetism completely changed life as we know it. In terms of daily impact on the lives of billions, no other scientist comes close to Maxwell.
Thank you for a great, informative and funny channel.
Another excellent and informative video. Thank you!!! I wanna know more about this man.
Hey Elizabeth, you can get a great book about his life
Maxwell's biography The Man Who Chaged Everything here... amzn.to/3hdcxwK
Outstanding
Thankyou
And by the way ,this channel of yours is costing me a wee fortune in books . 🥸
😂
VERY well done, Mr.F. He should've been nominated based upon your work alone.
😂
This my favorite video of yours. I just got the book. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Bruce Fummey!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Finished the book. I am not a math/sciency type, but I managed. What really struck me was that, with all his incredible intelligence, driving curiosity, and ability to make connections, he was such a very decent (in fact, lovable-sounding) man. Nor did he try to make all his students and colleagues into versions of himself; he just gave them the facilities and the inspiration, and encouraged them to take their own direction. Exceptional.
I am stunned and flabbergasted truly the Scots rule! 😯
Didnt they tell you the Scots invented everything.😂😂😂😂😂
I want to have a Coffee, in the Maxwell House 😉
Another Cracking and informative video 👏❤🏴
Thank you! 😃
Wow, you're so good explaining our History! And I Thank Jesus for him and your teaching!
Wait till you take the test before you make judgement😜
@@ScotlandHistoryTours No, I'm not a physics teacher, but I certainly appreciate Maxwell's God given talents to the World! 😊
This Video is so funny : "Thank you James Clerk Maxwell: I can finally f art with confidence!" HAHAHA
Really great video, as all of your videos all are, but you can really feel the passion in this one. So glad to find someone as passionate about James Clerk Maxwell as I am.
Still amazes me that people know about Newton and Einstein but have never heard of the Scot who changed the world.
Superb Bruce! Really enjoyed your approach to this genius of a man. I vaguely remember reading about James Clerk Maxwell years ago but forgot all about him. Won't forget about him now......Cheers 👍
Cool, thanks!
Best video on the Internet.
Thanks Mr Fumey.
Sorry I didn't turn up to rugby practice at Brechin High School in 1989. Had a date with a fit bird.
I hope the fat bird was worth it😜
I'll be chewin the leg aff a fat bird today. Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year to you and yours. Rab
Yes to the maxwell
Love it!
Thanks!!