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I'm a high school student. I love computers and electronics. Few weeks ago, I thought to build my own electronic gadget but, unfortunately I had not much knowledge in electronics. So, I decided to learn. After googlingGoogling here and there, I came across a large amount of information. Nothing, except one thing, that daunts and intimidates me is that what the term Charge meanmeans? None of the books tell what does it meanmeans. Some tell that it is the basic property of the matter and just it and don't define further about it. Where asWhereas some don't even bother to tell about it. On Wikipedia it is defined as:

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience experience a force when close to other electrically charged matter.

The definitondefinition is quite bit difficult and confusing. SimilarySimilarly from All About Circuits Website tutorials I got a different type of definition and understanding.

From books, I came to know that we still don't know much about charges even great scientists like Sir Stephen Hawking doesn't known much about it. Is it correct? If not, then why was it written in the books  (I mean here books not a book), what is its correct definition? Why majority of books don't define what charges is/are?

Pleas help me!!!!

I'm a high school student. I love computers and electronics. Few weeks ago, I thought to build my own electronic gadget but, unfortunately I had not much knowledge in electronics. So, I decided to learn. After googling here and there I came across a large amount of information. Nothing, except one thing, that daunts and intimidates me is that what the term Charge mean? None of the books tell what does it mean. Some tell that it is the basic property of the matter and just it and don't define further about it. Where as some don't even bother to tell about it. On Wikipedia it is defined as:

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when close to other electrically charged matter.

The definiton is quite bit difficult and confusing. Similary from All About Circuits Website tutorials I got a different type of definition and understanding.

From books, I came to know that we still don't know much about charges even great scientists like Sir Stephen Hawking doesn't known much about it. Is it correct? If not, then why was it written in the books(I mean here books not a book), what is its correct definition? Why majority of books don't define what charges is/are?

Pleas help me!!!!

I'm a high school student. I love computers and electronics. Few weeks ago, I thought to build my own electronic gadget but, unfortunately I had not much knowledge in electronics. So, I decided to learn. After Googling here and there, I came across a large amount of information. Nothing, except one thing, that daunts and intimidates me is that what the term Charge means? None of the books tell what it means. Some tell that it is the basic property of the matter and just it and don't define further about it. Whereas some don't even bother to tell about it. On Wikipedia it is defined as:

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when close to other electrically charged matter.

The definition is quite bit difficult and confusing. Similarly from All About Circuits Website tutorials I got a different type of definition and understanding.

From books, I came to know that we still don't know much about charges even great scientists like Sir Stephen Hawking doesn't known much about it. Is it correct? If not, then why was it written in the books  (I mean here books not a book), what is its correct definition? Why majority of books don't define what charges is/are?

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What is a Charge?

I'm a high school student. I love computers and electronics. Few weeks ago, I thought to build my own electronic gadget but, unfortunately I had not much knowledge in electronics. So, I decided to learn. After googling here and there I came across a large amount of information. Nothing, except one thing, that daunts and intimidates me is that what the term Charge mean? None of the books tell what does it mean. Some tell that it is the basic property of the matter and just it and don't define further about it. Where as some don't even bother to tell about it. On Wikipedia it is defined as:

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when close to other electrically charged matter.

The definiton is quite bit difficult and confusing. Similary from All About Circuits Website tutorials I got a different type of definition and understanding.

From books, I came to know that we still don't know much about charges even great scientists like Sir Stephen Hawking doesn't known much about it. Is it correct? If not, then why was it written in the books(I mean here books not a book), what is its correct definition? Why majority of books don't define what charges is/are?

Pleas help me!!!!