Episode 10.notebook May 14, 2014 Episode 10: The Electric Boy! Field Forces: forces that can act without direct contact, and across distances. Big Field Forces: Gravity & Magnetism. Newton knew that gravity was a force, but didn't know how that force was carried. Michael Faraday: born in 1791, he worked in a printing press from the ages of 13-21. One day, he attended a lecture by Sir Humphrey Davy, and was amazed at the new science of Electronics. He was so amazed that he transcribed the lecture and made it into a book, which he presented to Davy. Lucky for Faraday, bad for Davy, some chemicals blew up in Davy's face, and left him temporarily blind. So, he needed an assistant. He hired Faraday.Episode 10.notebook May 14, 2014 Faraday continued to work at the Royal Institute and eventually did the following: -Made the first Motor -Studied glass & failed (Davy tried to sabotage career) -Developed the first Generator -Showed that a magnet can bend / rotate light. -lllustrated that light is an electro-magnetic thing. Because of Faraday, we know that Electricity and Magnetism are two sides of the same coin, and that light is also a reaction of the electromagnetic force. Sadly, Faraday was getting sick and loosing his memory, and he couldn't figure out the Math to explain his idea of Field Forces. Maxwell believed in Faraday, he took Faraday's ideas, did the math and published a book, which he presented to Faraday. Using Calculus, Maxwell made equations to explain magnetism, electricity, and light. These equations are collectively Maxwell's Equations. He also introduced the idea that these fields are not static and stationary, but they move outward at the speed of light.