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Laurens Gunnarsen
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Laurens Gunnarsen

@MathPrinceps

Mathematical physicist and mentor to mathematically talented youth. Talent is that which bridges the gap between what can be taught and what must be learned.

Joined June 2012

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    1. Emanuel Derman.‏ @EmanuelDerman 20 Oct 2018
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      What I’d like to know: what did people think Light was before Maxwell showed that it was electromagnetic waves?

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    2. JohannesBorgen‏ @jeuasommenulle 20 Oct 2018
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      You really wonder or is it a rhetorical question?

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    3. JohannesBorgen‏ @jeuasommenulle 20 Oct 2018
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      Because i wrote a whole book on the subject so if you are really wondering I'll be glad to answer 😁

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    4. Emanuel Derman.‏ @EmanuelDerman 20 Oct 2018
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      I really wonder

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    5. Emanuel Derman.‏ @EmanuelDerman 20 Oct 2018
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      Especially during the 50 years before Maxwell

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    6. JohannesBorgen‏ @jeuasommenulle 20 Oct 2018
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      Before Maxwell it was mostly the Fresnel theory based on vibrations of the luminous ether- which was also confused with the ether supposed to be the origin of heat

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    7. Laurens Gunnarsen‏ @MathPrinceps 20 Oct 2018
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      Replying to @jeuasommenulle @EmanuelDerman

      Of course this isn't how Newton thought of light. And Newton's views, though less popular than Fresnel's in the years immediately before Maxwell's breakthrough, were certainly never entirely forgotten and discredited. Ultimately, Einstein revived them with his theory of photons.

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    8. JohannesBorgen‏ @jeuasommenulle 20 Oct 2018
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      Yes- i meant immediately, before as Emanuel asked. See the rest of the thread. The fight between Huyghens and Newton was v. interesting

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      Laurens Gunnarsen‏ @MathPrinceps 20 Oct 2018
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      Particularly interesting, I think, is that the beginnings of a modern reconciliation of the ancient conflict between Huyghens and Newton emerged from the brilliantly original work of Hamilton on optics, which was essentially complete at the time of Maxwell's birth.

      9:56 AM - 20 Oct 2018
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        2. JohannesBorgen‏ @jeuasommenulle 20 Oct 2018
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          Hamilton was way too revolutionary for his time... not enough credit for his genius.

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        3. Emanuel Derman.‏ @EmanuelDerman 20 Oct 2018
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          Quantum Field Theory has resuscitated the Lagrangian though because it’s easier to be relativistically invariant.

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        1. Emanuel Derman.‏ @EmanuelDerman 20 Oct 2018
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          Didn’t know about that. Looked it up now.

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