TOK Paradigm Project
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- The concept of lightning strikes were unknown beyond Ben Franklin's lightning rod. The concept of electromagneticism and the molecular particles behind it were unknown as well. Some believed it was due to a higher power, others did not care. This was the "normal science" of the time, in which scientists conducted experiments within their realm of known, and did not venture into the unknowns
- Why did my hair stand up while I was outside in a thunderstorm?
- I don't exactly know the answer... but one day I will tell you
- One year later...
- As Ampere saw a reproduction of Orsted's experiment using a compass, he got to work to figure out the math behind it.
- He mathematically showed that two parallel, electrified wires attract each other if the currents flow in the same direction and repel if they flow in opposite directions. He discovered that force is inversely proportional to distance, and the inversely proportional to the intensity of the current (Ampere's law). This was electromagnetism!
- There must be some form of electromagnetic molecules that drive this to occur......
- Paradigm shift, in which the usual way of thinking about electricity was replaced with an understanding of electromagneticism
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