While Maxwell responded to and relied on the work of his colleagues, his interpretations often placed his work apart from theirs, to be exploited by later generations of physicists.
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Published in 1855, this book laid the foundation for his later development of Maxwell's equations, which revolutionized the field of electromagnetism. The ideas presented in this work continue to influence the study of physics to this day.