Minute physics: Real world telekinesis8 October 2012, by Jason Major

How do magnets affect things at a distance? Howdoes the Sun heat our planet from 93 million milesaway? How can we send messages across theworld with our cell phones? We take theseseemingly simple things for granted, but in factthere was a time not too long ago when theprocesses behind them were poorly understood, ifat all… and, to the uninformed, there could seem tobe a certain sense of "magic" about them.

This video from MinutePhysics, featuring directorof the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical PhysicsNeil Turok, illustrates how our understanding of electromagnetic fields was developed and whythere's nothing magic about it… except, perhaps,how they pack all that excellent info into 5 minutes.Enjoy!

Source: Universe TodayAPA citation: Minute physics: Real world telekinesis (2012, October 8) retrieved 2 May 2018 from https://phys.org/news/2012-10-minute-physics-real-world-telekinesis.html

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