Introduction to Electrodynamics

A new edition of the best-selling undergraduate textbook on classical electricity and magnetism.

David J. Griffiths (Author)

9781009397759, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 November 2023

650 pages
26 x 18.2 x 3.1 cm, 1.41 kg

'The definitive undergraduate text in electromagnetism updated for the 2020s. Anything else would be a step backwards for my students.' Kamran Sahami, Metropolitan State University of Denver

In this new edition of the standard undergraduate textbook on electricity and magnetism, David Griffiths provides expanded discussions on topics such as the nature of field lines, the crystal ambiguity, eddy currents, and the Thomson kink model. Ideal for junior and senior undergraduate students from physics and electrical engineering, the book now includes many new examples and problems, including numerical applications (in Mathematica) to reflect the increasing importance of computational techniques in contemporary physics. Many figures have been redrawn, while updated references to recent research articles not only emphasize that new discoveries are constantly made in this field, but also help to expand readers' understanding of the topic and of its importance in current physics research.

Preface
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1. Vector analysis
2. Electrostatics
3. Potentials
4. Electric fields in matter
5. Magnetostatics
6. Magnetic fields in matter
7. Electrodynamics
8. Conservation laws
9. Electromagnetic waves
10. Potentials and fields
11. Radiation
12. Electrodynamics and relativity
Appendix A: Vector calculus in curvilinear coordinates
Appendix B: The Helmholtz theorem
Appendix C: Units
Index.

Subject Areas: Physics [PH]