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A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations
Maxwell’s Equations are four of the most influential equations in science: Gauss’s
law for electric fields, Gauss’s law for ic fields, Faraday’s law, and the
Ampere–Maxwell law. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of
an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical
meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential
forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell’s Equations may bined to
produce the wave equation, the basis for the ic theory of light.
This book is a wonderful resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in
ism and ics. A website hosted by the author, and
available through 0521877619, contains interactive
solutions to every problem in the text. Entire solutions can be viewed
immediately, or a series of hints can be given to guide the student to the final
answer. The website also contains audio podcasts which walk students through
each chapter, pointing out important details and explaining key concepts.
daniel fleisch is Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at
Wittenberg University, Ohio. His research interests include radar cross-section
measurement, radar system analysis, and ground-rating radar. He is a
member of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Association of
Physics Teachers (AAPT), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE).
A Student’s Guide to
Maxwell’s Equations
DANIEL FLEISCH
Wittenberg University
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Cambridge University Press
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Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York
Information on this title: 0521877619
© D. Fleisch 2008
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