Maxwell's equations

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four differential equations that summarize classical properties of electromagnetic fields

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If you have bought one of those T-shirts with Maxwell's equations on the front, you may have to worry about its going out of style, but not about its becoming false. We will go on teaching Maxwellian electrodynamics as long as there are scientists. Steven Weinberg

Maxwell's equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents. James Clerk Maxwell

Albeit compatible with Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic induction of electric fields could not be demonstrated in vacuum, because all methods of detecting electric fields required electrically charged matter. Source: Internet

Although this similarity might suggest that Maxwell's equations describing the photon's electromagnetic wave are simply Schrödinger's equation for photons, most physicists do not agree. Source: Internet

Although it is possible to formulate Maxwell's equations with time-dependent surfaces and volumes, this is not actually necessary: the equations are correct and complete with time-independent surfaces. Source: Internet

By 1864, Maxwell's equations had rigorously quantified this unified interaction. Source: Internet

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