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Apologies if this is a stupid question but aren't they the same thing?
by _tvei 10y ago
Apologies if this is a stupid question but aren't they the same thing?
- gliese1337 10y agoNope. They are both part of the same thing - the joint electromagnetic field - and they transform into each other in different reference frames, but in a given reference frame, the electric field and magnetic field components behave quite differently.
- DennisP 10y agoIt blew my mind when I learned how magnetism is a consequence of special relativity.