Isaac Newton
What force did Isaac Newton famously describe in his law of universal gravitation?
Gravity
What set of equations is James Clerk Maxwell best known for formulating?
Maxwell's Equations
What theory is Albert Einstein most famous for?
Theory of Relativity
What is Maxwell's Third Equation also known as?
Faraday's Law of Induction.
What does Maxwell's Second Equation describe?
It describes the relationship between a magnetic field and an electric current, including the effect of a changing electric field.
What are the three laws that Newton formulated, which describe the motion of objects?
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
What field of physics did Maxwell's equations primarily contribute to?
Electromagnetism
What equation did Einstein formulate that relates mass and energy?
E=mc²
What is the differential form of Maxwell's Third Equation?
∇×E=−∂B/∂t, where E is the electric field and B is the magnetic field.
Who added the displacement current term to Ampere's Law?
James Clerk Maxwell.
In which book did Newton publish his laws of motion and universal gravitation?
Principia
What important theory about light did Maxwell propose?
That light is an electromagnetic wave
In what year did Einstein win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
1921
How does Maxwell's Third Equation relate to changing magnetic fields?
It states that a changing magnetic field induces a circulating electric field.
What does the displacement current term account for?
It accounts for the changing electric field.
What fruit is often associated with Newton's discovery of gravity?
Apple
In which century did James Clerk Maxwell conduct his most significant work?
19th century
What phenomenon did Einstein explain with his theory of the photoelectric effect?
The emission of electrons from a material when light shines on it
What is the basic idea behind Faraday's Law?
A changing magnetic field creates an electric field.
What happens to the magnetic field when the electric field changes, according to Maxwell's Second Equation?
The magnetic field changes as well.
Which field of mathematics did Newton develop, which is now fundamental in various scientific calculations?
Calculus
What concept did Maxwell introduce that helped in the understanding of electromagnetic waves?
The displacement current
What is the name of the theory that deals with gravity and the curvature of space-time proposed by Einstein?
General Theory of Relativity
What does a changing magnetic field induce according to Maxwell's Third Equation?
A circulating electric field.
Why was the displacement current term added to Ampere's Law?
To ensure the law works for time-varying electric fields.