The journey to understanding the electromagnetic spectrum began with early studies of light. In the 17th century, Isaac Newton made a significant discovery when he passed white light through a glass prism. He observed that the light split into a spectrum of colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. This demonstrated that white … Read more
The story of electromagnetic waves begins with the brilliant Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell. In the mid-19th century, Maxwell was the first to predict the existence of electromagnetic waves. He did this by combining the laws of electricity and magnetism into a set of equations that bear his name—Maxwell’s Equations. These equations suggested that electric … Read more
The story of displacement current begins with a brilliant 19th-century scientist named James Clerk Maxwell. He was a Scottish physicist who made significant contributions to the field of electromagnetism. In 1861, Maxwell was working on understanding how electric and magnetic fields interact. He was studying the behavior of electric fields in capacitors, which are devices … Read more