Maximal ideal of $\mathbb{R}[x]$

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Prove that $J=(x)$ is a maximal ideal of $\mathbb{R}[x]$.

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Note that we have a surjective morphism of rings ${\rm ev}_0:\Bbb R[X]\to \Bbb R$ with ${\rm ev}_0(p(X))=p(0)$. What is the kernel of this morphism? Since $\Bbb R$ is a field, what does this give?