Apresentamos uma tradução comentada de um importante texto de James Clerk Maxwell publicado em 1873. Neste artigo, Maxwell discute argumentos a favor e contra a ação a distância. Palavras-chave: James Clerk Maxwell, ação a distância, Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday. A commented Portuguese translation of a text by James Clerk Maxwell published in 1873 is offered. In this important paper, Maxwell discusses arguments in favour and against the concept of action at a distance.
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