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Electromagnetic Waves

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Question

What did James Clerk Maxwell argue is generated by a time-varying electric field?

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Answer

James Clerk Maxwell argued that a time-varying electric field generates a magnetic field. This is the converse of Faraday's law of induction, where a changing magnetic field gives rise to an electric field.

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