Maxwell's Equations - The Ultimate Beginner's Guide

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  @upandatom · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @FunWithPhyzics · 1 year ago

  I have a Master&apos;s Degree in Electrical Engineering and I knew all of this at one point in my life, but it took me about three months (a semester) to get it clear in my head. This brilliant woman has reduced all of that qualitative instruction to 32 minutes and 57 seconds. VERY well done.

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  @RichMitch · 1 year ago

  Can you do a pre-beginners guide? Like a single celled amoeba focused course for me, please

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  @civwar64bob77 · 1 year ago

  To me the most amazing thing is that after this, Maxwell used these equations to figure out that moving B generates moving E generates B generates E which is an electromagnetic wave, and that it travels at the then measured speed of light, so light was an electromagnetic wave that travels at speed c = 1/Sqrt(permittivity times permeability). Brilliant!

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  @steve23063 · 1 year ago

  I wish my college professors had explained these concepts in such an easily understandable way instead of focusing so much on the math. &nbsp;Your content is amazing!

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  @keithweiss229 · 1 year ago

  I wish I would have had this video 40 years ago when I studied EE. Your explanation of the math is simply elegant! Thank you for making physics fun.

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  @EduardoLauandeTeixeiradeSouza · 1 year ago

  I think this video represents one of the most comprehensive in scope, simplest to understand, and most straightforward classes on Maxwell&apos;s equations that I have ever watched before. If not the best in all these aspects.<br><br>At this more accessible level of complexity, it may even be the most perfect class in these aspects.

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  @TheDeadStyx · 1 year ago

  My respect for even bringing such a thing to youtube

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  @666shemhamforash93 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Please do more visual math explainers like this! This was so helpful and intuitive and clear!

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  @GSBarlev · 1 year ago

  There&apos;s a lot of interesting history around Maxwell and &quot;his&quot; equations, which are beyond the scope of this excellent video. For anyone who&apos;s interested:<br><br>As you point out: all of the equations were previously attributed to others (Gauss, Gauss, Ampère and Faraday). Maxwell&apos;s original treatise actually outlined <b>20</b> equations, and it was <b>Heaviside</b> who reduced them to just the four that we all know and love. Maxwell&apos;s breakthrough was to tie them all together and describe them in a single coherent &quot;field theory.&quot;<br><br>And at the same time, Maxwell&apos;s contributions to physics were numerous and broad, including the rings of Saturn, color theory, thermodynamics and what would one day become chaos theory—I wish I could remember the exact quote (and who said it) but it goes like: <i>If Maxwell had never set his sights on E&amp;M, he would still be one of the history&apos;s greatest scientists.</i><br><br>Plenty of physicists idolize Newton, Einstein or Feynman, but for me, the one true :goat-turquoise-white-horns: will always be JC Maxwell.

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  @LupusMobile · 1 year ago (edited)

  Your growth as a content creator, educator, and overall character has been incredible to witness over the years. This is by far your best. Absolutely astounding job with conveying the information in a way that really solidifies one&apos;s understanding of the material. Thank you so much for this, and all your wonderful videos. Wishing you the best with all your future endeavors.

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  @nidhi4079 · 1 year ago

  This was sooo sooo well explained!! Never had an intuitive sense of what these equations represented before!! Thank you, i’m glad I stumbled across you a few years ago, you make a great teacher :)

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