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American singer-songwriter and record producer

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Gerald Maxwell Rivera, known mononymously as Maxwell, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to prominence following the release of his debut studio album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996), which received widespread acclaim and spawned the hit singles "Ascension " and "Sumthin' Sumthin'".

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Maxwell
said · Nov 1, 1979
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Velocity of transverse undulations in our hypothetical medium, calculated from the electromagnetic experiments of 'MM'.

Lecture at Kings College (1862) as quoted by F. V. Jones, "The Man Who Paved the Way for Wireless," New Scientist (Nov 1, 1979) p. 348 &

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Maxwell
said · Aug 1976
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I have also a paper afloat, with an electromagnetic theory of light, which, till I am convinced to the contrary, I hold to be great guns.

Letter to C. H. Cay, (Jan 5,1865) as quoted in , 44(8), page 470, 1976-08

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Maxwell
said · Mar 27, 1873
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Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is yet unable to express.

"Thomson & Tait's Natural Philosophy" in Nature, Vol. 7 (Mar. 27, 1873) A review of (1873) by Sir W. Thomson, P. G. Tait. See

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Gerald Maxwell Rivera, known mononymously as Maxwell, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to prominence following the release of his debut studio album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996), which received widespread acclaim and spawned the hit singles "Ascension " and "Sumthin' Sumthin'". Through the album and its follow ups, Maxwell has been credited - alongside Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, and Erykah Badu - with popularizing neo soul for mainstream audiences in the late 1990s.

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Born 1973 · age 53
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