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Currently Playing: Maxwell's Equations Explained

I start with the basics (vectors, dot & cross product) and then give an overview of where all 4 Maxwell's equations came from, what they mean, and why they are important! To read the script (with citations) and download the pdf of first 3 chapters of "Lightning Tamers" please visit: http://www.KathyLovesPhysics.com order my book: https://amzn.to/3I7N4mq Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15291200 A few extra links: Woman in Faraday Cage (very good BTW): https://youtu.be/mxwVIOHEG4I Lenz's Law: https://youtu.be/2_M83gNOOEg Clip from "The Simpsons" Season 6, episode 21 (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMibx876A4 Sand Castle of William Rowan Hamilton and Helen Hamilton carving quaternions on a bridge by Daniel Doyle 2002. Used with permission. Check it out! https://peakd.com/hive-156509/@ammonite/i-j-k-ijk-1-sand-sculpture-qizgqt 0:00 Introduction 0:38 Vectors & Vector Multiplication 5:02 Del, Divergence and Gauss's Laws 13:25 Maxwell's Equations with Curl 25:35 Maxwell's Equations and Magnets 27:14 Maxwell's Equations and Light