This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American So many debates about our transforming ...

Over the millennia, the phenomenon known as electricity has meant different things to different people. In ancient societies, electricity—or more specifically lightning—was inspiration for some of the ...

(I) MR. KEMPSON'S book on magnetism and electricity is based on the course given to the science forms in the Upper School at Rugby. The ground covered is fairly extensive, and the matter is dealt with ...