Electricity and Magnetism
• The x in 8.02x
• Course Organization
• The Beginning
Feb 6 2002
From Amber to the Radio...
600 BC
1632
ελεχτρον
Now
Observation
(amber)
Galileo
Feb 6 2002
Prediction
Physical Law
From Amber to the Radio...
Coulomb Gauss
600 BC
1791
1632
ελεχτρον
1830
Maxwell
1873
1831
1887
Faraday
Hertz
(amber)
Galileo
Feb 6 2002
Now
8.02x
Lecture Demos
(me)
Feb 6 2002
Experiments
(YOU!)
Let’s start from the beginning!
600 BC
ελεχτρον
(amber)
Feb 6 2002
Now