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General and Classical Physics
PHYSICS
Modern Electrodynamics Andrew Zangwill
Georgia Institute of Technology
An engaging writing style and a strong focus on the physics make this comprehensive, graduate-level textbook unique among existing classical electromagnetism textbooks. It features almost 120 worked examples, 80 applications boxes and nearly 600 end-of-chapter homework problems, with a solutions manual available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/Zangwill. • A comprehensive treatment of electrodynamics, including modern developments
An outstanding achievement on so many levels, including scope, depth, insight, pedagogy, and historical background. It will become an instant classic.” John D. Joannopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Features nearly 600 end-of-chapter problems of varying difficulty, many of which are original • A complete solutions manual is available to instructors
2013 246 x 189 mm 998pp 515 b/w illus. 579 exercises 9780521896979 | £49.99 / US$99.99 HB
Contents 1. Mathematical preliminaries; 2. The Maxwell equations; 3. Electrostatics; 4. Electric multipoles; 5. Conducting matter; 6. Dielectric matter; 7. Laplace’s Equation; 8. Poisson’s Equation; 9. Steady current; 10. Magnetostatics; 11. Magnetic multipoles; 12. Magnetic force and energy; 13. Magnetic matter; 14. Dynamic and quasistatic fields; 15. General electromagnetic fields; 16. Waves in vacuum; 17. Waves in simple matter; 18. Waves in dispersive matter; 19. Guided and confined waves; 20. Retardation and radiation; 21. Scattering and diffraction; 22. Special relativity; 23. Fields from moving charges; 24. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods; Appendixes; Index.
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