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. . . . . In my opinion, the moment we
introduce the Lorentz force, we become almost obliged to point out
the seeming absurdity of a force that depends on velocity--not
*relative* velocity, just velocity--and that vanishes in the frame of
the moving particle. It is not asking too much of students to ask
them to appreciate that an immediate implication of that fact is that
the electromagnetic field is frame-dependent.
. . . From: "John Mallinckrodt" <ajm@csupomona.edu>