A revisiting of scientific and philosophical perspectives on maxwell's displacement current

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Selvan, Krishnasamy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displacement current; Education; Electromagnetic engineering education; Electromagnetic theory; Electromagnetic waves; Maxwell; Maxwell equations; Scientific approach

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; MAXWELL; SCIENTIFIC APPROACH;

CEMENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 70349977815     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5251190     Document Type: Review

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