Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered [video]

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22 points | by surprisetalk 2 hours ago

6 comments

  • andai 45 minutes ago
    Video title is How Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered, HN's regex thingy changed it to Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered. (My brain's regex changed it back :)
  • amelius 1 hour ago
    If you like this make sure you watch:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDlZ-aY9GN4

    which explains that magnetism is just an emergent property when you start from Coulomb's law and relativity.

  • bpavuk 24 minutes ago
    I can imagine the world where this post gets more visibility through a funny regex error than actual equations :)
  • AlexeyBrin 41 minutes ago
    The original title is much better How Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered. As it is now Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered it sounds like they were just discovered or someone rediscovered the equations.
  • Ono-Sendai 1 hour ago
    Interesting, I need to look into Maxwell's original formulation with the vortices. You can write electrodynamics in terms of small spinning elements: https://forwardscattering.org/page/Intuitive%20Quantum%20Ele...
  • ck2 11 minutes ago
    if you aren't afraid of difficult math breaking your brain, I highly recommend this youtube channel "PhysicsExplained" (sorry I forget his actual name but he is brilliant)

    he has a recent two-parter on Maxwell and electro-magnetism that are EXCELLENT

    * part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqxrlunKCaU

    * part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1KJtD4Qh8

    but I am not kidding about the math, he starts off slow and gentle and hooks you in, but sometimes after 10 minutes in my brain is screaming and cannot keep up