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Re: [Phys-l] The nature of force fields.



Tibor wrote:
But what is a force field "really"?

Force field as coined by Michael Faraday? Or force field as in Star War? It refers to barriers of energy used for protection purposes... :-)

But Frank Wilczek has a secret on the inner meaning of fields: in a world where influence travels at a finite speed, a field embodies the past...

Alphonsus