PHYSICS 1X00 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.8: James Clerk Maxwell, Heinrich Hertz, Michael Faraday
25 Apr 2018
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James clerk maxwell was a theoretical physicist that mathematically investigated the relationship between electricity and magnetism. He is regarded as one of the most famous scientists of history. His mentor, michael faraday, experimentally demonstrated the connection between electricity and magnetism using magnets, wires and compasses. His student, maxwell, was able to use mathematics to show the connection. Maxwell explained all of electricity and magnetism in four equations: The amount of electric field lines that pass through a surface is proportional to the amount of charge (more lines mean more q) The amount of magnetic field lines leaving a volume of space will be equal to the field lines entering that volume. This law concludes that magnetic monopoles cannot exist! A changing magnetic field (b) will induce an electric field (e) A changing electric field (e) will induce a magnetic field (b). A german physics professor, heinrich hertz, decided to test maxwell"s laws by setting up the following apparatus:
