Laboratory / Physics

Fields, models, and limits

Place positive and negative sources on a plane and sample the resulting vector field. Compare individual contributions with their vector sum and inspect where cancellation occurs.

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Place positive and negative sources on a plane and sample the resulting vector field. Compare individual contributions with their vector sum and inspect where cancellation occurs. Current reading: Charge strength 5 and separation 35 change every local vector. The arrows sample a continuous field; they are not physical threads.+
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Charge strength 5 and separation 35 change every local vector. The arrows sample a continuous field; they are not physical threads.

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Experiment after prediction.

Before changing a control, say which visible feature should move and which should remain invariant. That prediction is the useful part of the experiment; motion alone is not evidence.