James Clerk Maxwell and colour

[Michael Pritchard]

Entanglements with Colour. An evening of talks celebrating the world-changing scientific discoveries of James Clerk Maxwell during his time at King's College London, on the 150th anniversary of his demonstration of the first colour photograph at Kings College, London.

Speakers:  Basil Mahon, Maxwell Biographer; Professor Frank James, Royal Institution; Mr William Ayliffe, Gresham Professor of Physic Professor John Ellis, Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics, King's College London

All are welcome to attend, registration not neccessary (for planning purposes if would like to attend it would be extremely helpful if you could email [e-mail]).

 

For more events around this centenary see: http://maxwell.kcl.ac.uk/events/2011/entanglements-with-colour 

[Michael Wong]

In addition to Dr Pritchard's blog above, New Scientist also has an online gallery celebrating a century and a half of colour photography which you can view here.