文档介绍：Graduate Texts in Physics
GRADUATE TEXTS IN PHYSICS
Graduate Texts in Physics publishes core learning/teaching material for graduate- and
advanced-level undergraduate courses on topics of current and emerging fields within
physics, both pure and applied. These textbooks serve students at the MS- or PhD-level and
their instructors prehensive sources of principles, definitions, derivations, exper-
iments and applications (as relevant) for their mastery and teaching, respectively. Inter-
national in scope and relevance, the textbooks correspond to course syllabi sufficiently to
serve as required reading. Their didactic style, comprehensiveness and coverage of fun-
damental material also make them suitable as introductions or references for scientists
entering, or requiring timely knowledge of, a research field.
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Carl S. Helrich
The Classical
Theory of Fields
ism
With 132 Figures
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Prof. Dr. Carl S. Helrich
Goshen College
S. Main St. 1700
46526 Goshen Indiana
USA
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ISSN 1868-4513 e-ISSN 1868-4521
ISBN 978-3-642-23204-6 e-ISBN 978-3-642-23205-3
DOI -3-642-23205-3
Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011943618
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