Einstein's light quanta through the lens of Maxwell's equations
Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in which ripples like those in water waves ...
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Maxwell was more than 40 years ahead of Einstein – the equation that could reveal the true origin of photons and change our understanding of light
Albert Einstein shook up physics by proposing that light wasn’t just a wave, but it could also behave like a collection of ...
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Two Perspectives On James Clerk Maxwell And His Equations
While [The History Guy] talked about Maxwell’s life and contributions, [Arvin] has a complementary video covering the math behind the equations. You can see both videos below. Of course ...
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5 Revolutionary Equations That Changed the World Forever
F = ma One of the most fundamental equations in physics, Newton’s Second Law of Motion, was formulated by Sir Isaac Newton in ...
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James Clerk Maxwell, Physicist and Philosopher
Maxwell's name is well known by every modern physicist and physics student. Maxwell's equations provide the unifying basis for electromagnetism and light, and he also made fundamental contributions to ...
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A Brief Outline of the Development of the Theory of Relativity
The great value of the theory of Lorentz lay in the fact that the entire electrodynamics of bodies at rest and of bodies in motion was led back to Maxwell's equations of empty space. Not only did ...