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This is kind of like the chicken or the egg problem. I want to know if there is an established scientific opinion regarding this question.
jarvis said:The first known demonstration of electrostatics[...]
The relationship between electricity and magnetism is known as electromagnetism. This refers to the phenomenon in which electric currents create magnetic fields, and changing magnetic fields induce electric currents.
This question is a bit difficult to answer definitively because both electricity and magnetism have existed in some form since the beginning of the universe. However, it is generally accepted that magnets were discovered and studied before electricity, so magnetism can be considered the older of the two.
No, electricity cannot exist without magnetism. As mentioned before, electric currents create magnetic fields. Without the presence of a magnetic field, there can be no electricity.
Electromagnetic induction is the process of creating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor. This is a crucial aspect of the relationship between electricity and magnetism, as it explains how electric currents can be induced by changing magnetic fields, and vice versa.
Electricity and magnetism are often referred to as two sides of the same coin because they are closely related and interconnected. As mentioned before, electric currents create magnetic fields, and changing magnetic fields induce electric currents. They are both forms of energy and are governed by similar principles and equations. This close relationship is what led to the unification of electricity and magnetism into the theory of electromagnetism by James Clerk Maxwell in the 19th century.