Which scientist's work did Maxwell's equations help unify?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Niels Bohr
Answer
Maxwell's equations helped unify the work of Isaac Newton, who had previously developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Maxwell's equations connected electricity, magnetism, and light, creating a unified understanding of these forces in the same way that Newton had unified the understanding of motion and gravity.
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