You are entering the interesting world of electromagnetism. Some of the most curious and puzzling phenomena are caused by electric and magnetic fields. To me magnetism is about as close to magic as anything I have ever seen. In this class, even though you will learn how to quantify the behavior of some of these phenomena we still do not know at a fundamental level what electromagnetism is. No one has been able to discover what a charge is or why it influences other charges through its ‘field’. All we have is a behavioral description of the fields themselves. Which is why, even after extensive study it is still magic... ENJOY!
Cool Electromagnetics site of the week (feel free to suggest your favorites):
Aug 24. :
- Did you know there is weather in space -
http://spaceweather.com/
- Nature as always is endlessly creative -
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rasnow/
- Is this cruelty to animals? -
http://www.hfml.ru.nl/froglev.html
Aug 31:
- Sometimes a catchy tune is all you need -
http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/gauss.htm/a>
- From MIT -
Aug 31: