Electrodynamics - Brossura

Melia, Fulvio

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0226519589 ISBN 13: 9780226519586

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Riassunto

Practically all of modern physics deals with fields—functions of space (or spacetime) that give the value of a certain quantity, such as the temperature, in terms of its location within a prescribed volume. Electrodynamics is a comprehensive study of the field produced by (and interacting with) charged particles, which in practice means almost all matter.

Fulvio Melia's Electrodynamics offers a concise, compact, yet complete treatment of this important branch of physics. Unlike most of the standard texts, Electrodynamics neither assumes familiarity with basic concepts nor ends before reaching advanced theoretical principles. Instead this book takes a continuous approach, leading the reader from fundamental physical principles through to a relativistic Lagrangian formalism that overlaps with the field theoretic techniques used in other branches of advanced physics. Avoiding unnecessary technical details and calculations, Electrodynamics will serve both as a useful supplemental text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and as a helpful overview for physicists who specialize in other fields.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Fulvio Melia is professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Arizona. He is coeditor ofThe Central Parsecs of the Galaxy and scientific editor of The Astrophysical Journal.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0226519589
• ISBN 13: 9780226519586
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 262