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Presents a comprehensive description of electromagnetic phenomena and applications of electrodynamics with no less than 130 problems and solutions
Applies an axiomatic approach, deriving the laws of electrodynamics from first principles
Presents the first textbook in electrodynamics based on the Bologna principles
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Electrodynamics: Phenomenological Approach
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Front Matter
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Relativistic Formulation of Electrodynamics
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Front Matter
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Introduction to General Relativity
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is devoted to the fundamentals of classical electrodynamics, one of the most beautiful and productive theories in physics. A general survey on the applicability of physical theories shows that only few theories can be compared to electrodynamics. Essentially, all electric and electronic devices used around the world are based on the theory of electromagnetism.
It was Maxwell who created, for the first time, a unified description of the electric and magnetic phenomena in his electromagnetic field theory. Remarkably, Maxwell’s theory contained in itself also the relativistic invariance of the special relativity, a fact which was discovered only a few decades later.
The present book is an outcome of the authors’ teaching experience over many years in different countries and for different students studying diverse fields of physics. The book is intended for students at the level of undergraduate and graduate studies in physics, astronomy, engineering, applied mathematics and for researchers working in related subjects.We hope that the reader will not only acquire knowledge, but will also grasp the beauty of theoretical physics. A set of about 130 solved and proposed problems shall help to attain this aim.
Reviews
“This book presents the theory of electromagnetism and is aimed at an advanced undergraduate or early graduate student … . Each chapter includes five solved problems … which nicely complement the chapter’s content, and 10 unsolved problems that help fill in more calculational details and provide some practice with the theoretical formalism.” (Peter Bernard Weichman, Mathematical Reviews, August, 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Masud Chaichian, Anca Tureanu
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Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Ioan Merches, Daniel Radu
About the authors
Masud Chaichian: Editor journal EPJ C, very prominent scientist in high energy physics.
Previous affiliations: Durham Univ, UK; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK; Hamburg Univ, Germany;
Weizmann Institute, Israel; CERN.
Scientific interests: Quantum Field Theory, Noncommutative geometry, String theory,
Higher-Dimensional Theories
Teaching: Over 20 years experience in teaching Theories of Elementary Particle Physics, Path
Integrals, Theoretical physics
261 publications in SPIRES.
Address:
High Energy Physics Division
Department of Physical Sciences and Helsinki Institute of Physics
POB 64 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Textbook features:
problems with solutions, end of chapter summaries, worked examples, high level figures, boxed inserts, highlighted key math and explanations, appendix, index
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Electrodynamics
Book Subtitle: An Intensive Course
Authors: Masud Chaichian, Ioan Merches, Daniel Radu, Anca Tureanu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17381-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-17380-6Published: 14 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-56853-8Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-17381-3Published: 31 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 669
Number of Illustrations: 140 b/w illustrations
Topics: Classical Electrodynamics