Much of my work has its roots in a long study of the writings of James Clerk Maxwell on the electromagnetic field. The concept of the field has been for me, as I believe it was for Maxwell, a window into the wholeness of the natural world. From this vision of nature stems, in turn, a fresh sense of the unity of society, and indeed, of ourselves. I have tried to trace this thread of wholeness through its many ramifications, in education, in literature and the arts, in philosophy, and in our very conception of science itself. Through it all, the image of the field has been my guide.
Thomas K. Simpson
Tutor emeritus, St. John’s College
Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, New Mexico
Thomas K. Simpson has an extraordinary background in the Sciences and Education.
This drawing is a plane section of the field surrounding a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field; the field from which this section is taken is, classically understood, a three-dimensional continuum which fills the world with energy.
