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Article #1523Re: why charges attract
From: Thomas Karch
Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 05:50
Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 05:50
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James E. Hetrick (hetrick@gauge.phys.uva.nl) wrote: : >>> Opposite charges are attracted to each other and like charges are : >>> repelled. Why? : The reasoning comes from relativistic field theory (See for : instance, S.L. Shapiro and S.A. Teukolsky, "Black Holes, White Dwarfs, : and Neutron Stars", Appendix D): [Sorry Jim for deleting all the math :)] Well isn't it quite the other way round? The fact is: We don't have any idea why they attract or repel, but they obviously do it. So we build a nice little theory around it. If it was the other way round (like charges attract) and we would still exist... we would build a differnt theory around it and would be as happy as we are now. So why do they repel or attract. why do masses attract each other? Why does Dr. Pepper taste better in the non-diet version? Noone knows. :) Thomas
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 16cfd8,4c82fa981b46c306 X-Google-Attributes: gid16cfd8,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-06 05:36:18 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!rtp.vnet.net!news1.digex.net!lynx.unm.edu!jobone!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!news.dell.com!swrinde!dptspd!news.tamu.edu!tamsun!t0k6704 From: t0k6704@tamsun.tamu.edu (Thomas Karch) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.physhare Subject: Re: why charges attract Date: 6 May 1994 05:50:05 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2qclqd$8v5@news.tamu.edu> References: <9404271600.AA26625@copernicus.bbn.com> <HETRICK.94Apr29124053@gauge.phys.uva.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: tamsun.tamu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]