Definition:Electrostatics
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Definition
Electrostatics is the branch of physics concerned with the study of stationary electrically charged bodies, and the forces and fields they give rise to.
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- Results about electrostatics can be found here.
Historical Note
The phenomenon of static electricity was known about as early as $2500$ years ago, when Thales of Miletus remarked on the fact that a piece of amber, when rubbed, can attract small particles of matter.
From this demonstration has evolved the entire field of electrostatics.
Sources
- 1958: C.A. Coulson: Electricity (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {I}$: Preliminary Survey: $\S 1$. Electrostatics