This PowerPoint presentation discusses electricity and covers several topics:
- The discovery of static electricity by Thales of Miletus in 600 BC and the naming of positive and negative charges by Benjamin Franklin.
- The historical treatment of electricity and magnetism as separate subjects and the later theory of electromagnetism by Lorentz.
- The definitions and key differences between charge, mass, electrostatics, and electrodynamics.
- Examples of charging by induction versus contact and the quantization of electric charge on macroscopic versus microscopic scales.
- Numerical problems involving calculating total charge on a system and the net charge on a metal sphere after removing electrons.
- Recommendations for additional learning resources on electricity including online