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Although Ørsted established that electric currents could generate magnetic fields, comprehensive explanations of these phenomena remained elusive until the advent of Faraday’s field concept. Unlike his contemporaries, Faraday emphasized that electromagnetic interactions were mediated through fields, shedding light on the connectivity between these forces.
Maxwell’s Four Pillars of Electromagnetism
Maxwell synthesized the existing knowledge into a cohesive framework encompassing four foundational areas:
Electrostatics - Investigating forces among static electric charges.
Magnetostatics - Studying forces among stationary magnetic materials.
Electromagnetism - Examining the magnetic effects produced by electric currents.