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MIT 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism

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8.02 Classical Theory of Electromagnetism. In addition to the basic concepts of Electromagnetism, a vast variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Lightning, Pacemakers, Electric Shock Treatment, Electrocardiograms, Metal Detectors, Musical Instruments, Magnetic Levitation, Bullet Trains, Electric Motors, Radios, TV, Car Coils, Superconductivity, Aurora Borealis, Rainbows, Radio Telescopes, Interferometers, Particle Accelerators (a.k.a. Atom Smashers or Colliders), Mass Spectrometers, Red Sunsets, Blue Skies, Haloes around Sun and Moon, Color Perception, Doppler Effect, Big-Bang Cosmology.

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MIT OpenCourseWare

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Introduction to electromagnetism and electrostatics, electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric structure of matter, conductors, dielectrics, Concepts of electrostatic field and potential, electrostatic energy, Electric currents, magnetic fields, Ampere's law, Magnetic materials, Time-varying fields, Faraday's law of induction, Basic electric circuits, Electromagnetic waves, Maxwell's equations, lightning, pacemakers, electric shock treatment, electrocardiograms, metal detectors, musical instruments, magnetic levitation, bullet trains, electric motors, radios, TV, car coils, superconductivity, aurora borealis, rainbows, radio telescopes, interferometers, particle accelerators (a.k.a. atom smashers or colliders), mass spectrometers, red sunsets, blue skies, haloes around sun and moon, color perception, Doppler effect, super-novae, binary stars, neutron stars, black holes

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