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UCSC Math 23a, Winter 2004
Fields
This is a chronology for the field concept in the various sciences.
- 1600, Kepler's gravity field (later, force)
- 1700, Newton's gravity force and vectors
- 1800, Gilbert and Faraday, electric and magnetic fields
- 1882, Gibbs, vectorfields
- 1892, Heavyside, vectorfields
Revised 10 Jan 2004 by RHA
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