Where Does Electric Charge Come From?

Electric charge is both a spacetime invariant and conserved over time. To understand why, we'll need to dive deep into it's connection to the electromagnetic field through Noether's theorem and quantum mechanics. Brilliant for 20% off: http://brilliant.org/ScienceAsylum
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