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Interpretation of Classical Electromagnetism

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. W. Geraint V. Rosser

    1. University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

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Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 78)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. A typical conventional development of Maxwell’s equation

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    Pages 1-54

  3. The scalar potential φ and the vector potential A

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    Pages 55-89

  4. The electric and magnetic fields due to an accelerating classical point charge

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    Pages 90-107

  5. Development of Maxwell’s equations from the expressions for the electric and magnetic fields due to a moving classical point charge

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    Pages 108-165

  6. Electric fields due to electrical circuits

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    Pages 166-205

  7. Magnetic fields due to electrical circuits

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    Pages 206-226

  8. Quasi-stationary phenomena and AC theory

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    Pages 227-266

  9. Forces, energy and electromagnetic momentum

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    Pages 267-326

  10. Stationary dielectrics and stationary magnetic materials

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    Pages 327-354

  11. Special relativity and classical electromagnetism

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    Pages 355-383

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 384-426
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About this book

The aim of this book is to interpret all the laws of classical electromagnetism in a modern coherent way. In a typical undergraduate course using vector analysis, the students finally end up with Maxwell's equations, when they are often exhausted after a very long course, in which full discussions are properly given of the full range of applications of individual laws, each of which is important in its own right. As a result, many students do not appreciate how limited is the experimental evidence on the basis of which Maxwell's equations are normally developed and they do not always appre­ ciate the underlying unity of classical electromagnetism, before they go on to graduate courses in which Maxwell's equations are taken as axiomatic. This book is designed to be used between such an undergraduate course and graduate courses. It is written by an experimental physicist and is intended to be used by physicists, electrical engineers and applied mathematicians.

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  • University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

    W. Geraint V. Rosser

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