Classical Electromagnetic Theory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Static Electric and Magnetic Fields in Vacuum

   Pages 1-31

3. Charge and Current Distributions

   Pages 33-48

4. Slowly Varying Fields in Vacuum

   Pages 49-68

5. Energy and Momentum

   Pages 69-92

6. Static Potentials in Vacuum — Laplace’s Equation

   Pages 93-142

7. Static Potentials with Sources—Poisson’s Equation

   Pages 143-164

8. Static Electromagnetic Fields in Matter

   Pages 165-210

9. Time-Dependent Electromagnetic Fields in Matter

   Pages 211-242

10. Waveguide Propagation—Bounded Waves

    Pages 243-267

11. Electromagnetic Radiation

    Pages 269-311

12. The Covariant Formulation

    Pages 313-329

13. Radiation Reaction-Electrodynamics

    Pages 331-342

14. Back Matter

    Pages 343-418

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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642) This book is a second edition of “Classical Electromagnetic Theory” which derived from a set of lecture notes compiled over a number of years of teaching elect- magnetic theory to fourth year physics and electrical engineering students. These students had a previous exposure to electricity and magnetism, and the material from the ?rst four and a half chapters was presented as a review. I believe that the book makes a reasonable transition between the many excellent elementary books such as Gri?th’s Introduction to Electrodynamics and the obviously graduate level books such as Jackson’s Classical Electrodynamics or Landau and Lifshitz’ Elect- dynamics of Continuous Media. If the students have had a previous exposure to Electromagnetictheory, allthematerialcanbereasonablycoveredintwosemesters. Neophytes should probable spenda semester on the ?rst four or ?ve chapters as well as, depending on their mathematical background, the Appendices B to F. For a shorter or more elementary course, the material on spherical waves, waveguides, and waves in anisotropic media may be omitted without loss of continuity.

• Classical Electrodynamics
• Electrodynamic Theory
• International System of Units (SI)
• Potential
• SI unit
• magnetic field
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From the reviews of the second edition:

"Electromagnetic theory is a core subject for students of physics and is often taught at various levels … . Vanderlinde’s book is aimed in between – for the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course … . provides appendixes to cover the tensor framework and special functions that are needed. … A large number of worked examples provides students with a toehold in dealing with problems. This book would serve as a solid addition to the physics collection of an undergraduate or graduate library. Summing Up: Highly recommended." (J. McCleary, CHOICE, Vol. 43 (1), September, 2005)

"This textbook is written for senior-level college/university students of physics and electrical engineering. It is based on the author’s classroom lecture notes. … The developments in the text are supported by a collection of very well-drawn figures. Most chapters include some worked-out examples to illustrate new concepts … ." (Philip Huddleston, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 k)

• University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

  Jack Vanderlinde

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