At quite uncertain times and places, The atoms left their heavenly path, And by fortuitous embraces, Engendered all that being hath. And though they seem to cling together, And form 'associations' here, Yet, soon or late, they burst their tether, And through the depths of space career.
— James Clerk Maxwell Modern

Electromagnetic theory

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From his poem 'Molecular Evolution', reflecting on atomic randomness.

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1873

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