The Field Concept

• Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867) had the idea that forces between bodies were cause by Fields that fill all space and act on the bodies

• Electric Field Edue to positive charge

• Faraday (building upon Ampere’s work) discovered the interdependence of Electric & Magnetic Fields:

  • A moving or changing electric field generates a magnetic field and a moving or changing magnetic field generates an electric field.

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