Recent content by Bill McKay

I do use a calculator. That is not my question. That is how I did the first calculations I posted here. And of course got the speed of light when I DIVIDED one constant by the other; took the ratio of the two with the electric constant as the numerator. Then taking the square root of that (on my...

What does "take one over that" mean?

mu symbol of course is the magnetic constant and epsilon is the electric constant. That I know. My problem is math. But one would have to be dividing them instead of multiplying them and I don't know how one does the math.

Thanks -yes I need to clarify. Look at the way I arrived at the speed of light from simply dividing the two constants and taking the square root of that. I saw that somewhere on the web. Then look at the more classic formula at the very end. That may be Maxwell's derivation or someone else's...

Hello: I'm Bill McKay and a retired biologist. I've had a lot of science of course but not much physics (or math). I'm now studying the history of physics from the beginning of the 19 century so I can slowly go through it and up to quantum physics of today. Being weak in math, I'm reviewing math...

I'm studying history of electromagnetism. Here is my question regarding Maxwell's classical brilliant work. I understand these constants (for now) And I understand this: And I understand this: But I need to understand how this math below gets us to the speed of light. I don't understand...