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Re:Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X stell... by _tvei on Sunday December 11, 2016 @03:08PM (#13152890)
Apologies if this is a stupid question but aren't they the same thing?
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Re:Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X stell... by gliese1337 on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:53PM (#13154317)
Nope. 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.
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Re:Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X stell... by DennisP on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:55PM (#13160104)
It blew my mind when I learned how magnetism is a consequence of special relativity.
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