Which fundamental force was unified first in modern physics?
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Electricity and magnetism were unified first, through James Clerk Maxwell’s equations in the 1860s. They became known as a single electromagnetic force.
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Among the four fundamental forces, electricity and magnetism were the first to be unified into one theory. James Clerk Maxwell published the mathematical framework in the 1860s, showing that changing electric fields create magnetic fields and vice versa. This led directly to the prediction that light is an electromagnetic wave traveling at a fixed speed. The unification of electric and magnetic phenomena was a major milestone that later inspired efforts to unify the other forces.
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