Timeline for Could magnetic fields really be completely substituted by relativity and electric fields?
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| Feb 24, 2019 at 14:50 | comment | added | user4552 | In many textbooks (especially those for undergraduate level), magnetic fields are described merely as a relativistic side product of electric fields when considering frames in motion relative to moving charges. If you have in mind Purcell, then this is not the interpretation he presents. | |
| Feb 24, 2019 at 13:18 | answer | added | knzhou | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 24, 2019 at 10:14 | comment | added | Digiproc | Yes, you can resolve everything measurable (particle movement) you could otherwise resolve by using the concept of the magnetic field. | |
| Feb 24, 2019 at 8:04 | answer | added | Dale | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 24, 2019 at 7:33 | comment | added | my2cts | Please include the arguments that you found. Your question should be self contained. | |
| Feb 24, 2019 at 7:08 | history | asked | MichaelW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |