User talk:Bradley Goldsmith

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I re-wrote the lead section for History of Maxwell's Equations Feb. 12, 2020:

In electromagnetism, one of the fundamental fields of physics, the introduction of Maxwell's equations (mainly in "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field") was one of the most important aggregations of empirical facts in the history of physics. Beginning in the 1850s, James Clerk Maxwell began studying the work of Michael Faraday, whose experiments on magnetism and electricity led him to a qualitative model of electromagnetism. Maxwell translated Faraday's notion of "lines of force" into mathematical formulas in an 1855 paper,[1] presenting the earliest form of the equations by modifying Ampère's circuital law with the introduction of a displacement current term. His equations established a novel mathematized relationship between light and electromagnetism, implying that light propagates as electromagnetic waves. Increasingly powerful mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field were developed, continuing into the twentieth century, enabling the equations to take on simpler forms by advancing more sophisticated mathematics. Notably, Oliver Heaviside employed his vector calculus to synthesize Maxwell's over 20 equations into the four recognizable ones which modern physicists use. Maxwell's equations also inspired Albert Einstein in developing the theory of special relativity.