Nobody Explained Maxwell's Equations Like THIS!

For most of my life, Maxwell's equations were just wallpaper. Four lines of symbols on a physics-building wall and a t-shirt I never understood, and every time I saw them I nodded and kept walking. So I finally sat down and forced myself to figure out what they actually say. What I found was one of the best detective stories in the history of science. CHAPTERS 0:00 The four lines everyone walks past 2:01 Two sciences and one accident: Orsted and Faraday 5:50 Maxwell's four equations (and the one that was broken) 10:43 The wave that turned out to be light 13:40 The ghost, Maxwell's death, and Hertz 15:52 Every size of light, and the door to relativity Next time we walk through the door these four equations opened: the speed of light is fixed for everyone, and something has to bend to keep it that way. That something is time. That is where relativity begins. Subscribe so you catch it. If I got a detail wrong, tell me in the comments. I read them, and I would rather fix it than defend it. REFERENCES Maxwell, J. C. (1865). A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Faraday, M. (1839-1855). Experimental Researches in Electricity. Orsted, H. C. (1820). Experiments on the Effect of a Current of Electricity on the Magnetic Needle. Hertz, H. (1893). Electric Waves. Michelson, A. A., and Morley, E. W. (1887). On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether. American Journal of Science. Feynman, R. P. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II, Ch. 1 (source of the "ten thousand years from now" remark). Forbes, N., and Mahon, B. (2014). Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field. Griffiths, D. J. Introduction to Electrodynamics. ANIMATION AND COPYRIGHT All 2D and 3D animations in this video were designed and built from scratch by the Animated Physics team. No stock footage or third-party clips were used. (c) Animated Physics. All rights reserved. Reuse, re-upload, or redistribution without written permission is not allowed. Covered in this video: Maxwell's equations explained, electromagnetism, Faraday's law and induction, Ampere's law, Gauss's law, the displacement current, electromagnetic waves, the speed of light, the luminiferous aether, the Michelson-Morley experiment, Heinrich Hertz and radio, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the road to special relativity. #MaxwellsEquations #Physics #Electromagnetism #SpeedOfLight #AnimatedPhysics