James Clerk Maxwell's Stairway

Inside the great man's Edinburgh home

	JCM stairs 0 1152 x 864 147K	I was fascinated by the geometry. A lamp in the hallway is casting intriguing shadows on the wall.
	JCM stairs 1 1152 x 864 111K	One storey higher and the portraits continue as daylight from the cupola blends with the incandescent light.
	JCM stairs 2 1152 x 864 161K	Higher still and finally the portraits of fellow scientists and others come to an end.
	JCM stairs 3 1152 x 864 117K	A vertically orientated shot emphasizes the elegance of the the railings and overhead plasterwork.
	JCM stairs 4 1152 x 864 109K	From the same standpoint but looking directly at the cupola, the source of the daylight on this February morning. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: James Clerk Maxwell Einstein described Maxwell's work as the " most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton. "

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