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Hello,
I realize that there are many levels of physics that are taught to students (introductory, intermediate/advanced, then graduate)
But I was wondering, when the famous physicists like Newton and Maxwell, etc, discovered their respective phenomenon, did they know it at a graduate level of knowledge? Or when they learned it, was it more elementary? Or is it that they discovered it at a very advanced level, then later on it was simplified to what is now introductory level physics so that the masses of people could at least begin to grasp it?
Did Maxwell understand his theory at a depth of the almighty Jackson book?
I realize that there are many levels of physics that are taught to students (introductory, intermediate/advanced, then graduate)
But I was wondering, when the famous physicists like Newton and Maxwell, etc, discovered their respective phenomenon, did they know it at a graduate level of knowledge? Or when they learned it, was it more elementary? Or is it that they discovered it at a very advanced level, then later on it was simplified to what is now introductory level physics so that the masses of people could at least begin to grasp it?
Did Maxwell understand his theory at a depth of the almighty Jackson book?