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Introduction
James Clark Maxwell is credited with changing fundamentally our view of reality. He took the first colour photograph and defined the nature of gases. But does this 19th century natural philosopher deserve a place alongside Newton and Einstein in the Pantheon of Science? With me to discuss his legacy are P.M. Harmon, editor of the Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clark Maxwell,. Simon Shaffer, reader in history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge; and Hague professor of atmospheric physics at Imperial College of London.