Now I see: my mathematician bias in action. For me maxwellian elctromagnetism means Maxwell (or Heaviside) equations. Of course, I have no idea about “physical interpretations” (either then or now). All physics I now come from “Physics for mathematicians” books.
I don’t have a point I’m arriving at here, but here is a paragraph from a philosophy of science book I’m reading that might be interesting:
& in general the history of the theory of electromagnetism is fairly interesting.
Now I see: my mathematician bias in action. For me maxwellian elctromagnetism means Maxwell (or Heaviside) equations. Of course, I have no idea about “physical interpretations” (either then or now). All physics I now come from “Physics for mathematicians” books.