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A brief history of Maxwell's equations

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A great accomplishment (Score: 1)

by skarjak@pipedot.org on 2014-12-02 15:06 (#2VGW)

It's amazing that we were able to reduce all these interactions to just these 4 equations. It's a shame everyone knows Einstein but only physicists know Maxwell.

EDIT: I love that the engineers got offended. :D

Re: A great accomplishment (Score: 4, Interesting)

by fadrian@pipedot.org on 2014-12-03 02:48 (#2VHK)

Uh, I'm an electrical engineer, but I know that in general relativistic form, they collapse into one tensor equation. Do I get bonus points for reading Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler? Or am I derided for not knowing what string theory says about them?

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Time Reason Points Voter
2014-12-03 08:44 Interesting +1 wideglide@pipedot.org
2014-12-03 11:23 Interesting +1 tanuki64@pipedot.org
2014-12-04 19:55 Interesting +1 kerrany@pipedot.org

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