{"id":3993,"date":"2009-08-18T10:04:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T10:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/08\/18\/dorky-poll-maxwells-equations\/"},"modified":"2009-08-18T10:04:15","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T10:04:15","slug":"dorky-poll-maxwells-equations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/08\/18\/dorky-poll-maxwells-equations\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorky Poll: Maxwell’s Equations"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the blogs I hyped at the science blogging panel at Worldcon was Built on Facts<\/a>, Matt Springer’s blog explaining introductory physics concepts. You might not think that you want to read a blog that goes through freshman physics problems in detail– I would’ve been dubious on the concept, had you explained it to me that way– but it’s really excellent stuff.<\/p>\n

He’s recently completed a series of posts on Maxwell’s Equations<\/a>, with one post for each of the four equations, plus one bringing them all together: Gauss’s Law for Magnetism<\/a>, Gauss’s Law for Electricity<\/a>, Faraday’s Law<\/a>, and the Ampere-Maxwell Law<\/a> (the only one Maxwell added anything to), and Maxwell’s Equations & Light<\/a>. These posts are excellent, concise, readable introductions to these equations and why they matter. Somebody get this kid a textbook-writing contract.<\/p>\n

With those posts as a resource, this is an excellent time for a Dorky Poll:<\/p>\n