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The History of Physics
Einstein looked back to the Maxwellian theory as he understood it as the foundation stone of an entirely new view, not only of what physics might be able to do. So in retrospect looking back at Maxwell's electromagnetic theory, it is clearly decisive. It is important I think to remember that it was pretty controversial. Some of Maxwell's closest friends, closest scientific friends, like William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, remained pretty skeptical about many of the most important elements of what Maxwell was saying here.