Topic
Electromagnetism
The branch of physics describing electric and magnetic fields and their interactions.
Lex Fridman Podcast·Culture
Don Lincoln says Maxwell's equations turned magnets and sparks into the internet
On the Lex Fridman Podcast, the Fermilab physicist makes the case that the weirdest, least practical physics is often the stuff that later rewires civilization.
Lex Fridman Podcast·Culture
Don Lincoln says the speed of light comes out of Maxwell's equations for electricity and magnetism
The Fermilab physicist makes the old physics story feel properly weird again, then uses it to defend basic research from the eternal question, what good is this?