Babel of Units. The Evolution of Units Systems in Classical Electromagnetism
History and Philosophy of Physics
2015-06-08 v1
Abstract
We recount the history of development of units systems in electrodynamics, and fully derive how each system is constructed. Done for Electromagnetic (emu), Electrostatic (esu), Gaussian, a variant-Gaussian, Heaviside-Lorentz, and SI systems. The article fills in large gaps in standard textbook treatments of units.
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@article{arxiv.1506.01951,
title = {Babel of Units. The Evolution of Units Systems in Classical Electromagnetism},
author = {Neal Carron},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.01951},
year = {2015}
}
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67 pages