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		amelius 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered [video] If you like this make sure you watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDlZ-aY9GN4 which explains that magnetism is just an emergent property when you start from Coulomb's law and relativity.
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Ono-Sendai 9 days ago [–]

Nah, special relativity is a consequence of magnetism.

amelius 9 days ago | | [–]

You're reading something that isn't there.

selimthegrim 9 days ago | | [–]

That's not how Purcell's textbook put it.

Ono-Sendai 9 days ago | | [–]

ok? well, textbooks can be wrong or misguided.

selimthegrim 9 days ago | | [–]

Um...

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