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This video is about how Divergence and Curl, along with the theory of Vector Analysis was discovered.

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Image Credits:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.… Approaching a Black Hole: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio — Caltech-IPAC/Robert Hurt, Caltech-IPAC/Keith Miller, NASA/JPL/Chelsea Gohd, Global Science and Technology, Inc./Ella Kaplan, NASA/GSFC/Mark SubbaRao Many more images that are public domain from wikimedia commons _____ Sources: Vector, A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation by Robyn Arianrhod A History of Vector Analysis by Michael J. Crose Maxwell’s Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism + A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field Great videos by Kathy Loves Physics: • Quaternions are Amazing and so is William…, • How Maxwell’s Equations (and Quaternions)… _____ Corrections: 15:12 — on screen it should read “born in Scotland 1831″ instead of 1931 _____ Music: Epidemic Sound Animations created using Manim: https://www.manim.community/ Illustrations and Thumbnails: Christine Kosakowski This video was sponsored by Surfshark.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.…
Approaching a Black Hole: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio — Caltech-IPAC/Robert Hurt, Caltech-IPAC/Keith Miller, NASA/JPL/Chelsea Gohd, Global Science and Technology, Inc./Ella Kaplan, NASA/GSFC/Mark SubbaRao.

Many more images that are public domain from wikimedia commons.