Introduction to Electrodynamics

This is a re-issued and affordable printing of the widely used undergraduate electrodynamics textbook.

David J. Griffiths (Author)

9781108420419, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 June 2017

620 pages, 453 b/w illus. 11 tables
24.1 x 19.5 x 3.1 cm, 1.44 kg

'… an excellent book about this classical topic … written with Griffiths's customary clarity and in his very engaging style, so that, students tell me, it is a real pleasure to study from …' Eric Laenen, University of Amsterdam

This well-known undergraduate electrodynamics textbook is now available in a more affordable printing from Cambridge University Press. The Fourth Edition provides a rigorous, yet clear and accessible treatment of the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory and offers a sound platform for explorations of related applications (AC circuits, antennas, transmission lines, plasmas, optics and more). Written keeping in mind the conceptual hurdles typically faced by undergraduate students, this textbook illustrates the theoretical steps with well-chosen examples and careful illustrations. It balances text and equations, allowing the physics to shine through without compromising the rigour of the math, and includes numerous problems, varying from straightforward to elaborate, so that students can be assigned some problems to build their confidence and others to stretch their minds. A Solutions Manual is available to instructors teaching from the book; access can be requested from the resources section at www.cambridge.org/electrodynamics.

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: Applied optics [TTB], Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism [PHK], Optical physics [PHJ], Thermodynamics & heat [PHH], Classical mechanics [PHD], Physics [PH]