Sunday, December 8, 2013

Ch 34: electromagnetism

To end the "Electricity and Magnetism" series of blogs; one *must* see this astounding video on the beauty of science in our everyday world:
http://youtu.be/sEw-v4yQxek


Amperes FULL Law; (A law that describes nature perfectly): 

Maxwell discovered that there was a missing link in Amperes original law! 

This link is responsible for describing the change in electrical field causes by a change in magnetic field. 

Maxwell determined that electromagnetic  waves have a speed - which is how light travels. Maxwell determined that the speed of light (experimentally known at the time) is the SAME speed as electromagnetic waves. Thus, Maxwell is responsible for determining that light itself is an electromagnetic disturbance.

Online slides from Texas U that are helpful for reviewing:


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