The race to prove Maxwell’s theory | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Duration: 5'11''

Synopsis

Jim Al-Khalili explains how physics professor Oliver Lodge proved Maxwell's theory that electromagnetic waves could be generated in a laboratory.

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