Scientific Contributions
Page derived a complete electromagnetic theory, including Maxwell's equations, from only Coulomb's law and the Lorentz transformation. His “emission theory” successfully explained blackbody radiation and other phenomena in electrodynamic terms, but was eventually abandoned in favor of later theories of quantum mechanics.
Along with Norman I. Adams, Page established the relation between the “conformal transformation” and a constant relative acceleration. This theory, known as “conformal relativity”, “conformal invariance”, or “conformal field theory”, is applied today as an invariance of gauge field theories for both electromagnetic and strong interactions. The symmetry of “conformal invariance” provides a valid approximation at very high energies or short distances when particle masses can safely be ignored.
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