21 December 1999 - Gauss and Maxwell
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How do you compare a mathematician and a physicist?
It’s simple. One Gauss is equal to one Maxwell per square centimeter.
clue:
The unit of magnetic induction is named after mathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauss.
The unit of magnetic flux is named after physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
give me a clue so sweet and true
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