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VI. Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity: History and Mathematics
A Basic Introduction to the Gravitational Field Equation One learns in elementary physics that g represents the acceleration of gravity having units of distance/(time)2 and that E represents the electric field having units of Newtons/Coulomb. We may not have appreciated when first encountering these two important vectors that the mathematical fields associated with them take identical forms, and that they…
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I. Maxwell’s Equations:
His anticipation of light’s immutable speed in vacuum This essay covers some pivotal scientists and their breakthroughs that established the laws of electricity and magnetism in the 18th and 19th centuries, with a focus on James Clerk Maxwell. Their discoveries fundamentally changed our understanding and application of electrical power. In addition to highlighting scientists, especially…
Science Essays for College Students 