Electromagnetic Quotes

37 quotes by 31 authors

It required unusual inquisitiveness to pursue the development of scientific curiosities such as charged pith balls, the voltaic cell, and the electrostatic machine. Without such… — Frederick Seitz
What, then, is light according to the electromagnetic theory? It consists of alternate and opposite rapidly recurring transverse magnetic disturbances, accompanied with electric displacements, the… — James Clerk Maxwell
One of the chief peculiarities of this treatise is the doctrine that the true electric current, on which the electromagnetic phenomena depend, is not the… — James Clerk Maxwell
At the head of these new discoveries and insights comes the establishment of the facts that electricity is composed of discrete particles of equal size,… — Johannes Stark
For under certain conditions the chemical atoms emit light waves of a specific length or oscillation frequency - their familiar characteristic spectra - and these… — Johannes Stark
For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could not seek in it the… — Max von Laue
The theory I propose may therefore be called a theory of the Electromagnetic Field because it has to do with the space in the neighbourhood… — James Clerk Maxwell
Others are engaging even in an eco- type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of… — William Cohen
Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. Thatâ€™s why people… — Jon Krakauer
Everything we think we know is really only perceived by our senses,' he explains patiently. 'The sounds we hear are just waves in the air;… — Wendy Mass
I have also a paper afloat, with an electromagnetic theory of light, which, till I am convinced to the contrary, I hold to be great… — James Clerk Maxwell
Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand… — John Searle
Equipped with our five senses - along with telescopes and microscopes and mass spectrometers and seismographs and magnetometers and particle accelerators and detectors sensitive to… — Edwin Powell Hubble
Each band or level, being a particular manifestation of the electromagnetic spectrum, is what it is only by virtue of the other bands. The color… — Ken Wilber
Gravitational and electromagnetic interactions are long-range interactions, meaning they act on objects no matter how far they are separated from each other. — Francois Englert
Brandon McCaw says how long it will take to travel 460 miles between Los angeles and San Francisco at an average speed of 48 miles… — Brandon McCaw
The heart generates the strongest rhythmic electromagnetic field generated in the body. Measured with modern magnetic field meters, the hearts — Ritu Ghatourey

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