Classical Electrodynamics
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0043KBZSY |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 641 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Still the best guide to E&M for the physics grad Paul A. Bonyak For a wide eyed young grad student this text can be (Was!) quite daunting, I used the 2nd edition with the Gaussian (CGS) units. The math needed to solve the problems is presented in a haphazard way, not systematically as a mathematician should present it but just given as techniques that work with particular problems-true of the 2nd as well as the 3rd. Bad. Derivations like in Lienard-Wiechert potentials are heuristic at best. The vector potential expressed as an integral over current density divided by distance seems to follow cogently-not rigorously Bad. What's good? A careful reading shows the author makes no attempt. "To quote a good friend of mine, "Jackson's gotta chill out"." according to Amazon Customer. There are some incredibly difficult problem sets to be found here, and I agree with a lot of graduate programs who have decided to scrap the grad E&M requirement for a Mathematical Methods course. However, the material is presented quite well and even to the point where I feel prospective autodidacts might need minimal outside assistance, provided they have a firm grasp on prerequisite materials.. Good for the more advanced course in electromagnetism in undergraduate studies. A classical book. In the third version, the author switched from the Gaussian system of units to the much more common (but less insightful) SI system.