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Magnetism was first discovered in ancient Greece and China, when it was observed that lodestones could attract iron. Through the centuries, scientists gradually uncovered more properties of magnetism and its relationship to electricity. A key moment was in 1819 when Hans Christian Ørsted discovered that an electric current could generate a magnetic field. This led to further experiments and theories linking electricity and magnetism. Today magnetism is understood through the unified theory of electromagneti

Author
Kang
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EN