G V Pavan Kumar
@pavangv.bsky.social
Professor of Physics, IISERPune|
Optics, Soft-matter, History & Philosophy of Science|
Scientist + Writer + Podcaster|
HUMANIZING SCIENCE + OPEN SOURCE|
In personal capacity
historyofscience.in
Optics, Soft-matter, History & Philosophy of Science|
Scientist + Writer + Podcaster|
HUMANIZING SCIENCE + OPEN SOURCE|
In personal capacity
historyofscience.in
The highlighted text is the famous statement. Before that, Maxwell compares his result with two experimental results and confirms his prediction. I follow this up with Hertz’s experiment.
link to the original paper in my blog: historyofscience.in/2025/08/06/l...
link to the original paper in my blog: historyofscience.in/2025/08/06/l...
Light as EM wave – in Maxwell’s words
Every year, I teach an optics course to physics majors (including physics iPhD students and MS Quantum Tech students). In the process of introduction, I discuss how light was discovered to be an el…
historyofscience.in
August 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The highlighted text is the famous statement. Before that, Maxwell compares his result with two experimental results and confirms his prediction. I follow this up with Hertz’s experiment.
link to the original paper in my blog: historyofscience.in/2025/08/06/l...
link to the original paper in my blog: historyofscience.in/2025/08/06/l...
One of the thrills of this topic is to quote Maxwell from his legendary 1865 paper1, in which he makes this monumental connection. Every time I teach this, I get an intellectual kick, even after doing this for almost 1.5 decades.
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August 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
One of the thrills of this topic is to quote Maxwell from his legendary 1865 paper1, in which he makes this monumental connection. Every time I teach this, I get an intellectual kick, even after doing this for almost 1.5 decades.
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Thanks a lot.. that is helpful..and highly appreciate your efforts.. motivates me do more and better 🙏🏽
March 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thanks a lot.. that is helpful..and highly appreciate your efforts.. motivates me do more and better 🙏🏽
Wonderful to learn about your process.
As an academic + podcaster, I got many pointers that are so useful, especially about converting episodes into book chapters. Hoping to emulate.
On an average(research to writing) how much time do you spend per episode?
As an academic + podcaster, I got many pointers that are so useful, especially about converting episodes into book chapters. Hoping to emulate.
On an average(research to writing) how much time do you spend per episode?
March 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Wonderful to learn about your process.
As an academic + podcaster, I got many pointers that are so useful, especially about converting episodes into book chapters. Hoping to emulate.
On an average(research to writing) how much time do you spend per episode?
As an academic + podcaster, I got many pointers that are so useful, especially about converting episodes into book chapters. Hoping to emulate.
On an average(research to writing) how much time do you spend per episode?