Maxwell's equations describe two fields pervading the universe: an electric field and a magnetic field, which James Clark Maxwell unified after work by Michael Faraday and others.

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Sean Carroll

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It was James Clark Maxwell who put the whole story together after work by people like Faraday... And what he realized is there's two fields pervading the universe, an electric field and a magnetic field.

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Sean Carroll: Einstein’s most radical thoughtBig Think
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:47:10 AM

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