Kathy Loves Physics & History | How Maxwell's Equations (and Quaternions) Led to Vector Analysis @Kathy_Loves_Physics | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 49 minutes ago
This is the story of best friends Peter Tait and James Clerk Maxwell and how their friendship with William Thomson (aka Lord Kelvin) and Tait's rivalries with Willard Gibbs, Oliver Heaviside, Heinrich Hertz, August Föppl, and Edwin Wilson led to vector analysis.
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0:00 Introduction
1:37 Part 1: Tait & Maxwell (1846-1856)
7:25 Part 2: Tait, Hamilton & Quaternions (1854-1867)
17:04 Part 3: Maxwell, His Equations & Quaternions (1856-1879)
25:00 Part 4: Gibbs (1873-1884)
29:18 Part 5: Heaviside (1873-1887)
34:26 Part 6: Hertz changes the game (1887-1890)
38:17 Part 7: War of the Vectors begins (1890-1894)
43:38 Part 8: Tait Loses the War (1894-1901)
51:00 Conclusion
This is the story of best friends Peter Tait and James Clerk Maxwell and how their friendship with William Thomson (aka Lord Kelvin) and Tait's rivalries with Willard Gibbs, Oliver Heaviside, Heinrich Hertz, August Föppl, and Edwin Wilson led to vector analysis.
Link to talk on April 2: https://KathyLovesPhysics.eventbrite.com
My website: http://www.KathyLovesPhysics.com
My book "The Lightning Tamers" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3I7N4mq
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15291200
AudioBook Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-me-make-an-audiobook?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
0:00 Introduction
1:37 Part 1: Tait & Maxwell (1846-1856)
7:25 Part 2: Tait, Hamilton & Quaternions (1854-1867)
17:04 Part 3: Maxwell, His Equations & Quaternions (1856-1879)
25:00 Part 4: Gibbs (1873-1884)
29:18 Part 5: Heaviside (1873-1887)
34:26 Part 6: Hertz changes the game (1887-1890)
38:17 Part 7: War of the Vectors begins (1890-1894)
43:38 Part 8: Tait Loses the War (1894-1901)
51:00 Conclusion
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This video is a bit different. It is about what I love, based on many 1980s movies that inspired me including: Ferris Buelers Day Off, Real Genius, Its Never Better Off Dead and more.
By the way, the part of the video with the popcorn is from Real Genius and the song Everybody Wants to Rule the World is about climate change.
I hope you enjoy this little video as much as I did in making it.
Cheers,
Kathy Loves Physics
ps. I didnt add commercials so I can use clips without reference. Also, originally, I complained about Richard Feynmann, but I realized it came off as mean, so that is why so many people are talking about him in the comments.")
