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Also Known As Coulomb interaction • electric force • electrostatic force

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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
French physicist

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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