Clerk Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory

Clerk Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory, published in 1923, is a lecture by H. A. Lorentz that reviews the pivotal contributions of James Clerk Maxwell to electromagnetic theory. The text details how Maxwell's work unified electricity, magnetism, and light, presenting a framework that resolved key uncertainties in electrodynamics and optics. Lorentz emphasizes the lasting impact of Maxwell's equations on modern physics and highlights subsequent advancements that arose from his theories, including Poynting's theorem and electromagnetic momentum.