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Despite being one of the foremost scientists of the 19th century, Maxwell’s theories did not gain immediate acclaim. Upon publication of his most notable paper in 1865, titled "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field," it took over two decades for his ideas to be acknowledged as foundational, primarily due to their mathematical complexity and his own modesty.
Maxwell’s contributions extended beyond electromagnetism; he delved into gas theory, proposing the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution to describe molecular velocities. He also ventured into color theory, creating the first color photograph and proposing innovative methods for producing colors from primary colors.