Single Idea 20628

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity]

Full Idea

Electric and magnetic phenomena are profoundly intertwined; what you interpret as electric or magnetic thus depends on your own motion.

Gist of Idea

The electric and magnetic are tightly linked, and viewed according to your own motion

Source

Frank Close (Theories of Everything [2017], 3 'Light!')

Book Reference

Close,Frank: 'Theories of Everything' [Profile Books 2017], p.36


A Reaction

This sounds like an earlier version of special relativity.