A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations |  | Author: Daniel Fleisch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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ISBN: 0521701473
Dewey Decimal Number: 530.141
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Publication Date: January 28, 2008
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Product Description
Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for the electromagnetic theory of light. This book is a wonderful resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in electromagnetism and electromagnetics. A website hosted by the author at www.cambridge.org/9780521701471 contains interactive solutions to every problem in the text as well as audio podcasts to walk students through each chapter.
Book Description
Maxwell's equations are four of the most influential equations in science. In this book, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, making it a wonderful resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in electromagnetism and electromagnetics. Audio podcasts and solutions to the problems are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521701471.
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 Felix October 12, 2009
Felix A. Nunez (Joplin, MO USA)
Very easy to read and follow, a must have for fundamental electromagnetic work and intro to electric circuit analysis.
 Get a standard Electrodynamics text October 5, 2009
Ronald Yu (Astoria, NY United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was excited when I got my hands on this, but it just reviews Maxwell's Equations with detailed examples. You would be better off buying Griffiths, Wangsness, or Corson and Lorrain, which are complete EM texts beginning the Coulomb's Law to relativistic electrodynamics, and covers Maxwell's theory more than adequately. One good thing is that it is a relatively smaller paperback, which can be stuffed into a bag and read on the run.
 Maxwell's equations September 21, 2009
Mike A. Marr, Sr. (Lake Wylie SC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally, a physics book that does not apologize for having math in it. In a simple manner, the author takes each equation apart and explains every squiggle, dot, and delta and how they relate to each other. With only a high school diploma I was able to understand what was happening in the application of these basic equations. Thank you for taking the time to explain them rather than telling me that I am just too dumb to understand.
Great review of E&M August 24, 2009
Steven Maccoun (Colorado)
This book explains Maxwell's equations very concisely. I used this book just to review some of my junior level E&M and found it to be extremely helpful. May serve well as intro the class as well.
 Not so much... May 23, 2009
00 Physicist
2 out of 15 found this review helpful
I help teach an introductory class of electromagnetism. Albeit, the level at which the class is aimed is far lower than the material in this book; I thought that it would be a good reference. However, I was wrong. First off, the author uses odd notation. For those unfamiliar with the Maxwell Equations (and vectors in general) the author will likely confuse you. Anytime he wants to denote a multiplication, he uses the "X" symbol... which is reserved for the cross-product. Point of fact he uses that symbol both ways. Personally, I find the notational discrepancies distasteful.
Also, his explanations of what the equations mean are often misleading. I suppose that the point of the book is to attempt to capture the essentials of the Maxwell Equations, however, in that attempt I believe that he does an inadequate job in explanation. By and large, if someone wanted an overview of the Maxwell Equations, I would highly recommend "An Introduction to Electrodynamics" by David J Griffiths. Dr. Griffiths does an amazing job. However, Griffiths' book is a 'real' text book (and comes with a larger price) there is not a better introductory electromagnetism book.
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