James Clerk Maxwell: Malsamoj inter versioj

Maxwell estis sendita al la prestiĝa [[Edinburga Akademio]].<ref>{{harvnb|Campbell|1882|pp=19–21}}</ref> HeLi lodgedloĝis duringdum termioma timestempo athejme thede housesia of his auntonklino Isabella. DuringDum tiu thistempo timelia hispasio passionpor fordesegnado drawingestis waskuraĝigita encouragedde bylia hispli olderaĝa cousinkuzino Jemima.<ref name="mahon_p 12-14">{{harvnb|Mahon|2003|pp=12–14}}</ref> TheLa 10-year-oldjaraĝa Maxwell, having beenedukita raisedizole inen isolationla onkampara hisbieno father'sde countrysidesia estatepatro, didne notbone fitfartis inen well at schoollernejo.<ref name="mahon_p 10">{{harvnb|Mahon|2003|p=10}}</ref> TheLa firstunua yearjaro hadestis been fullkompletigita, obligingkio devigis himlin toaligi joinal thela seconddua yearjaro withkun classmatessamklasmnoj aunu yearjaron hispli senioraĝaj.<ref name="mahon_p 10"/> HisLia mannerismskonduto andkaj akĉento de [[Galloway]] accentgapigis struckla thealiajn otherknabojn boyskiel as rustickamparana. Having arrived on his firstAlveninta dayal ofsia schoolunua wearinglerneja atago pairvestante ofparon homemadede shoeshejmfaritaj andŝuoj akaj tunicmantelon, heli earnedakiris thela unkindmalafablan nickname ofkromnomon "[[wikt:daft|Daftie]]" ([[ĝentlemano|fiĝentlemano]]).<ref>{{harvnb|Mahon|2003|p=4}}</ref> HeLi neverneniam seemedŝajnis tobedaŭri resentla the epithetepiteton, bearing itportanta withoutĝin complaintsenpene fordum manymultaj yearsjaroj.<ref>{{harvnb|Campbell|1882|pp=23–24}}</ref> SocialSocia isolationizoligo aten thela AcademyAkademio endedfinis whenkiam heli metrenkontiĝis [[Lewiskun Campbell (classicist)|Lewis Campbell]] andkaj [[Peter Guthrie Tait]], two boys of a similardu ageknaboj whosimilaĝaj werekiuj toestos becomeelstaraj notablefakuloj scholarsposte lateren inla lifevivo. TheyIli remainedrestis lifelongdumvivaj friendsamikoj.<ref name="oxford_506"/>

Maxwell was fascinated by [[geometrygeometrio]] at an early age, rediscovering the [[regular polyhedra]] before he received any formal instruction.<ref name="mahon_p 12-14"/> Despite winning the school's scripture biography prize in his second year, his academic work remained unnoticed<ref name="mahon_p 12-14"/> until, at the age of 13, he won the school's mathematical medal and first prize for both English and poetry.<ref name="Campbell, p 43">{{harvnb|Campbell|1882|p=43}}</ref>

Maxwell's interests ranged far beyond the school syllabus and he did not pay particular attention to examination performance.<ref name="Campbell, p 43"/> He wrote his first [[scientific paper]] at the age of 14. In it he described a mechanical means of drawing [[Curve|mathematical curves]] with a piece of twine, and the properties of [[ellipseelipso]]sj, [[Cartesian ovals]], and related curves with more than two [[Focus (geometry)|foci]]. The work, <ref name="oxford_506"/><ref name="gardner"/> of 1846, "On the description of oval curves and those having a plurality of foci" <ref>{{cite web |title=Key dates in the life of James Clerk Maxwell |url=http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/key_facts_about_maxwell.html |website=[[Fondaĵo James Clerk Maxwell Foundation]] |publisher=www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/}} - accessed 2020-03-12</ref> was presented to the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] by [[James David Forbes|James Forbes]], anome professorprofesoro ofde [[naturalnatura philosophyfilozofio]] at the [[UniversityUniversitato ofde EdinburghEdinburgo]],<ref name="oxford_506"/><ref name="gardner">{{harvnb|Gardner|2007|pp=46–49}}</ref> because Maxwell was deemed too young to present the work himself.<ref name="Mahon_2003_p_16">{{harvnb|Mahon|2003|p=16}}</ref> The work was not entirely original, since [[René Descartes]] had also examined the properties of such [[multifocal ellipse]]s in the 17th century, but he had simplified their construction.<ref name="Mahon_2003_p_16"/>