2007-02-01 16:02:34 · 4 answers · asked by JAN 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No, unified theory is something different from that. Electromagnetic field was pretty well understood before Einstein. He was looking for something that can unify electromagnetic forces and handful of other forces found in nature.
2007-02-01 18:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arghhh is right. Magnetism (static) was first a separate force from special materials until Ampere found that an electric current could also generate magnetic field. Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism with a set of equations known as Maxwell Equations decades before Einstein came along.
Although Einstein became well known in the midst of quantum theories and was even awarded the Nobel Prize for his explanation of photoelectric effect using basic quantum effects, he nevertheless never fully subscribed to the foundation of quantum theory (such as the Uncertainty Principle as Einstein said God never rolls dice). His work in explaining gravitational fields through warped spacetime. So he thought electromagnetic field could also be expressed in spacetime and attempted to incorporate Maxwell equations in his equations of general relativity. But by the time he died in 1955, a lot of atomic and nuclear physics phenomena (like different particles) were predicted by advanced quantum theories. Only a handful of physicists got interested in Einstein's unified field theory.
2007-02-02 03:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by Sir Richard 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but the alien agents would not let him publish it. Attack from what LOL
2007-02-02 00:08:49 · answer #3 · answered by walter_b_marvin 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hm, that is really interesting; I have never thought of that before. But I dont think that's what it was intended for.
2007-02-02 00:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by playdoh1986 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋