Article: Electromagnetic Spectrum

Electromagnetic Spectrum

LARRY GILMAN

The electromagnetic spectrum consists of all the frequencies at which electromagnetic waves can occur, ordered from zero to infinity. Radio waves, visible light, and x rays are examples of electromagnetic waves at different frequencies. Every part of the electromagnetic spectrum is exploited for some form of military, security, or espionage activity; the entire spectrum is also key to science and industry.

Basic Physics

Electromagnetic waves have been known since the midnineteenth century, when their behavior was first described by the equations of Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831 1879). Electromagnetic waves, ...

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