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	• A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations Daniel Fleisch Cambridge University Press, 2008 - 144 pages average customer review:based on 49 reviews view larger image
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Student Guide to Maxwell's Equations

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Layout | Prerequisites | What to (and *not* to) expect

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LAYOUT
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There are a total of five chapters. Out of which first four are Maxwell's Equations and the last chapter is about getting to Wave Equation using Maxwell's Equations.

The first four chapters are divided into two subjections: Integral Form and the Differential Form. Here's a general layout of both these sections:

"Although notation differ among textbooks, the form of ___ law is generally written like this:

"The left side of this equation is a mathematical description......the right side of this equation is...."

"If you're not sure of the exact meaning of , don't worry - you can read about these concepts in detail later in this chapter. For starters, make sure you grasp the main idea of :

< insert main idea here >

< insert huge print of the particular formula concerning Maxwell's equation here. describe every detail (symbol, integral, and dot product included) by pointing arrow to them>

< write out a page or two (provide pictures when possible) on each element of the equations, for instance, the unit vector, dot product, magnetic field, Lenz law etc>

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Maths: concept of limit, continuous function, derivatives, integral, basic properties of vectors (add, subtract, dot product, cross product), gradient, divergence, curl, stokes theorem (stokes in needed for chapter 5 only). Typically that is your Calculus I, Calculus II, and Calculus III i.e. single and multivariable Calculus. Any standard Calculus book, say Calculus (Stewart's Calculus Series), could be used to review. For multivariable Calculus in particular i would recommend Vector Calculus, it is a good book that can be used for review as well as for self studying multivariable for the first time.

Physics: I think an standard course in Electricity and Magnetism (bunch universities use
University Physics Vol 2 (Chapters 21-37) (12th Edition) (Chapters 21-37 v. 2) fyi) is enough to grasp material in this book. Infact if you have done such course, you should know integral form for all four Maxwell's Equations (i.e. you already know almost 1/2 the book). If you have done higher course in E&M where you were taught differential form of Maxwell's Equations then you pretty much know everything that is in this book.

QN: how important is Mechanics in this book?
ANS: Not much. You can infact get through this book (and understand it) w/o having done a Mechanics course. This brings to next question...

QN: is this book suitable to study before taking first Electricity and Magnetism course?

Yes. This book takes a down to earth approach and introduces pretty much every Physics topics you need to know. But there are few places (think he did it twice) where he'll take equations from a basic Electricity and Magnetism course as granted.

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WHAT TO (AND *NOT* TO) EXPECT FROM THIS BOOK
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does *not* have derivation/proof of equations. As said in layout above, each chapter pretty much begins with a maxwell's equation.

on contrary, there is more than adequate explanation to maxwell's equations. As said above, each element in the equation is discussed separately

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reviews: page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. 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 be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for the electromagnetic theory of light. This book is a wonderful resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in electromagnetism and electromagnetics. A website hosted by the author at www.cambridge.org/9780521701471 contains interactive solutions to every problem in the text as well as audio podcasts to walk students through each chapter.

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