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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ISBN: 978-1-949942-00-2
728 pages, 650 illustrations, $30
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Foy, Joseph P.: - 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.
Keohane, Jonathan W.: - 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.
