Electromagnetic waves are commonly described in terms of
Maxwell’s Equations, named after James Clerk Maxwell, who presented his“Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” to the Royal Society in
December 1864.
An essential part
of Maxwell’s theory was that:
“There is an ethereal medium filling space and permeating
bodies, capable of being set in motion and of transmitting that motion from one
part to another, and of communicating that motion to gross matter so as to heat
it and affect it in various ways.” Maxwell’s theory was championed by Oliver
Heaviside, who further developed it in his “Electromagnetic Theory” published
in three volumes in 1893, 1899 and 1912 respectively. Heaviside used a method
of vector analysis to simplify Maxwell’s original equations and reiterated the
essential function of the aether. Since the 1990’s it has generally been
accepted that around 70% of the mass energy density of the universe can be
attributed to “dark energy”. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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