Personally, I have a hard time telling myself: "Electricity and magnetism are really, really similar, but that doesn't make them the same." Some might find magnetism hard to understand because the similarities between E&M make it easier to neglect the differences. read more
Some might find magnetism hard to understand because the similarities between E&M make it easier to neglect the differences. With electricity, we can easily imagine small particles that possess a property called"charge". And from there, it's not hard to think about electric forces and fields. read more