An Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics - Brossura

Keohane, Jonathan W.; Foy, Joseph P.

 
9781949942002: An Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics

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An Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics covers the topics of Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics at the upper-level undergraduate level in physics or electrical engineering.  This book tells the story of the historical development of electrodynamics, at the same time as introducing students to electrodynamics with vector calculus.

This is the best treatment of the historical development of electricity, magnetism and electrodynamics I have ever seen. The breadth of the authors’ knowledge, together with their ability to summarize historical results in exceptionally clear terms, is wonderful. Developing electromagnetism historically makes many concepts easier to understand .
---  By an anonymous reviewer who is a senior professor at a major college or university.

Table of Contents

  • Part I:  Electricity
    Chapter 1    Charge
    Chapter 2    The Electrostatic Force
    Chapter 3    Electrical Potential Energy
    Chapter 4    Gauss’s Law    
    Chapter 5    The Equations of Laplace and Poisson
  • PART II:  Magnetism  
    Chapter 6    Permanent Magnets
    Chapter 7    The Vector Potential and the Curl
    Chapter 8    Electromagnetism
    Chapter 9    Faraday’s Law of Induction
    Chapter 10    The Electron   
    Chapter 11    Galilean Relativity in Electrodynamics
    Chapter 12    Superconductors and Plasmas   
  • Part III:  Light
    Chapter 13    Transmission Lines
    Chapter 14    Light in an Optical Medium
    Chapter 15    Light in Free Space
    Chapter 16    Sources of Electromagnetic Radiation
    Chapter 17    Special Relativity
    Chapter 18    The Photon

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Informazioni sugli autori

Jonathan W. Keohane (pronounced KO-han) teaches at Hampden-Sydney College. He holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in physics from Yale University, and has published extensively on the astrophysics of supernova remnants. Jonathan has more than 25 years of experience teaching physics, astronomy, and, most recently, "Western Culture," an interdisciplinary course for first year undergraduate students. An Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics is Jonathan's first textbook. Jonathan lives with his wife, Laura, in Farmville Virginia; they have three grown children.

Joseph P. Foy teaches at Barrett, the honors college of Arizona State University. He holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics, also from ASU, and a B.S. in physics from the University of Iowa, and has published extensively on the astrophysics of supernova remnants. Joe has more than 25 years of experience teaching physics, astronomy, and, most recently, "The Human Event," which is an interdisciplinary course for first year honors students. An Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics is Joe's first textbook. Joe lives with his wife, Emalee, in Tempe Arizona.

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