Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What is electric charge? What is the electromagnetic field? We can understand both at the same time through Gauss's law! Join us for a visual introduction to electricity.
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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS

Inverse Square Laws:
youtu.be/2FMx2GDqMo4

What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?
youtu.be/EOHYT5q5lhQ

What is a Quantum Field?!?
youtu.be/Y7Ac8zKTD-E
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RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Crash Course on Charge:
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PBS Space Time on Charge:
youtu.be/V5kgruUjVBs

3blue1brown on Quaternions:
youtu.be/d4EgbgTm0Bg
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OTHER SOURCES

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/gaulaw.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/maxeq2.html
physics.stackexchange.com/questions/68471/who-and-why-started-the-electrons-are-negative-protons-are-positive-convent
physics.stackexchange.com/questions/307000/which-charge-is-produced-when-an-air-balloon-is-rubbed-by-dry-hair
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LINKS TO COMMENTS

Charge:
youtube.com/watch?v=snj1wBtn6I8&lc=UgyhBW2ayRgFcDvZJUx4AaABAg
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youtube.com/watch?v=p4gCTmlm5RQ&lc=UgzsmjEGz1VlgPk71_p4AaABAg
youtube.com/watch?v=a205YJsbBSQ&lc=UgwGI27Gh2I1Bu9r9fZ4AaABAg

Quaternions - Zoltán Kürti:
youtube.com/watch?v=2FMx2GDqMo4&lc=UgxZ21Z1Hf9sbdQrm8p4AaABAg
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IMAGE CREDITS

Benjamin Franklin:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Franklin_by_Joseph_Duplessis_1778.jpg

Benjamin Franklin Time Traveler:
youtu.be/P2_pZLXXaQk
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TIME CODES

00:00 Intro
00:17 Charge as a property
00:42 Charge exchange from friction
01:04 Charge "Flavors"
01:48 Attraction vs Repulsion
02:36 Fields
03:00 Gravitational Field
03:42 Gauss's Law
04:39 Electromagnetic Field
05:18 Electric Field
05:57 Summary
06:16 Outro
06:30 Featured Comment