What if Maxwell's equations had gone differently?

Four equations unite electricity, magnetism and light and predict radio waves.

If it had gone differently: The link between electricity, magnetism and light is never made; radio, radar and the electromagnetic century are delayed.

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Later turning points that leaned on Maxwell's equations. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1882Electric power grids. Without it, Factories stay chained to their own steam plants; there is no clean power in the home and no electronics to come.
2. 1905Einstein's relativity. Without it, Physics keeps Newton's absolute space and time; the road to nuclear energy, GPS and modern cosmology is blocked.
3. 1906Radio broadcasting. Without it, Mass culture and mass politics keep moving at the speed of print; no living-room broadcast, ever.
4. 1936Television broadcasting. Without it, Mass culture stays a matter of radio and print; the living-room screen that reshapes politics and leisure never arrives.
5. 1957The first satellites. Without it, Space stays out of reach; there is no satellite weather, no global live television, no GPS.