By 1900, physicists thought they had it all figured out. Then, two massive shifts occurred.

He provided a mathematical framework for force, mass, and acceleration.

(e.g., casual overview, academic summary, biographical focus)

In 1687, Newton changed everything by publishing the Principia . He gave us a "clockwork" universe.

James Clerk Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism into one field, predicting that light is an electromagnetic wave. The Modern Shake-up: Relativity and Quanta

History And Evolution Of Concepts In Physics (2025)

By 1900, physicists thought they had it all figured out. Then, two massive shifts occurred.

He provided a mathematical framework for force, mass, and acceleration.

(e.g., casual overview, academic summary, biographical focus)

In 1687, Newton changed everything by publishing the Principia . He gave us a "clockwork" universe.

James Clerk Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism into one field, predicting that light is an electromagnetic wave. The Modern Shake-up: Relativity and Quanta