About Book

For junior/senior-level electricity and magnetism courses. This book is known for its clear, concise, and accessible coverage of standard topics in a logical and pedagogically sound order. The highly polished Fourth Edition features a clear, easy-to-understand treatment of the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory, providing a sound platform for the exploration of related applications (AC circuits, antennas, transmission lines, plasmas, optics, etc.). Its lean and focused approach employs numerous new examples and problems.

Features

• 1. The book features a friendly, informal style.
• 2. Focuses clearly on basic electromagnetic theory, providing a sound platform for future exploration of related applications (As AC circuits, antennas, transmission lines, plasmas, optics)
• 3. A large collection of problems includes short, highly-focused problems that are placed immediately following the relevant text section while longer/more broadly-based problems
• 4. Features a more extensive coverage of radiation theory than most texts at this level.

In This New Edition

• 1. Edits to the entire text have clarified arguments and eliminated ambiguities.
• 2. New problems and new worked examples appear throughout, while selected unsuccessful ones have been eliminated.
• 3. All 450 figures have been reviewed for accuracy and updated where necessary.
• 4. A new section on magnetic work helps to eliminate teachers’ misconception that magnetic forces do not work.
• 5. The new section fully explores the actual mechanism in cases where magnetic forces are actually working.
• 6. Erroneous passages have been corrected. In particular, misleading copy (specifically the treatment of “hidden momentum”) has been fixed.
• 7. Citations of recent literature appear throughout for those who wish to pursue a particular topic in greater depth.
• 8. This literature helps reinforce the point that electrodynamics is a vibrant and dynamic field, even after 150 years.

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