A comprehensive, modern introduction to electromagnetism
This graduate-level physics textbook provides a comprehensive treatment
of the basic principles and phenomena of classical electromagnetism.
While many electromagnetism texts use the subject to teach mathematical
methods of physics, here the emphasis is on the physical ideas
themselves. Anupam Garg distinguishes between electromagnetism in vacuum
and that in material media, stressing that the core physical questions
are different for each. In vacuum, the focus is on the fundamental
content of electromagnetic laws, symmetries, conservation laws, and the
implications for phenomena such as radiation and light. In material
media, the focus is on understanding the response of the media to
imposed fields, the attendant constitutive relations, and the phenomena
encountered in different types of media such as dielectrics,
ferromagnets, and conductors. The text includes applications to many
topical subjects, such as magnetic levitation, plasmas, laser beams, and
synchrotrons.
Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell is ideal for a yearlong
graduate course and features more than 300 problems, with solutions to
many of the advanced ones. Key formulas are given in both SI and
Gaussian units; the book includes a discussion of how to convert between
them, making it accessible to adherents of both systems.
- Offers a complete treatment of classical electromagnetism
- Emphasizes physical ideas
- Separates the treatment of electromagnetism in vacuum and material
media
- Presents key formulas in both SI and Gaussian units
- Covers applications to other areas of physics
- Includes more than 300 problems
