ElectromagneticFieldsandWaves

Intendedforadvancedundergraduateandgraduatestudents，thiswell-knownandpopulartextbookprovidesanintroductiontothephysicalprinciples，mathematicalapparatus，andtypicalapplicationsofclassicalelectromagnetictheory.Beginningwiththenotionofscalarfields，ProfessorRojanskyleadsthestudentthroughvectorsandvectorfields，thelawsofOhm，Joule，Coulomb，andFaraday，staticelectricity，andcontinuesallthewaytoMaxwell'sequationsforbodiesatrest，andtoexamplesofelectromagneticwaves.Aparticularlyusefulfeatureofthebookistheauthor'sintroductionandexplanationofthenecessarymathematicsashegoesalong，ratherthanpresumingstudentunderstanding.Althoughanextensivebackgroundisnotnecessary，ageneralknowledgeofphysicsandcalculusisaprerequisite.Throughoutthebook，thedevelopmentofeachtopicisexplicitandunhurried，anapproachintendedtoavoidbasicmisconceptionsthatleadtomajormisunderstandingslateron.Shortexerciseshelpthestudenttesthisgraspofthematerial，andthetextisstuddedwithdiagramsandillustrationsthatsupplementthecontentandelucidatemanyhard-to-visualizeconcepts.ThebookendsatapointwheretheuseofMaxwell'sequationsinseveralimportantproblemshasbeenillustrated，andstudentsarepreparedtoproceedtoavarietyoffurthertopics.ProfessorRojanskybringsmanyyearsofexperiencebothasateacherandascientist(includingtenyearsofadvancedresearchatTRWSpaceTechnologiesLaboratories)tothisluciddiscussionofthefundamentalsofelectromagneticfieldsandwaves.Hisextensivepedagogicalbackgroundenableshimtocommunicatedifficultconceptswithgreatclarity.，