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Which two scientists are Maxwell's contributions to science often compared to?
Galileo and Kepler
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James Clerk Maxwell's contributions to science are often compared to those of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Many physicists regard Maxwell as the 19th-century scientist with the greatest influence on 20th-century physics, and his work laid the foundation for fields such as special relativity and quantum mechanics.
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