Electricity and Magnetism
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Electricity and Magnetism

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eBook - PDF

Electricity and Magnetism

About this book

For 40 years Edward M. Purcell's classic textbook has introduced students to the wonders of electricity and magnetism. With profound physical insight, Purcell covers all the standard introductory topics, such as electrostatics, magnetism, circuits, electromagnetic waves, and electric and magnetic fields in matter. Taking a non-traditional approach, the textbook focuses on fundamental questions from different frames of reference. Mathematical concepts are introduced in parallel with the physics topics at hand, making the motivations clear. Macroscopic phenomena are derived rigorously from microscopic phenomena. With hundreds of illustrations and over 300 end-of-chapter problems, this textbook is widely considered the best undergraduate textbook on electricity and magnetism ever written. An accompanying solutions manual for instructors can be found at www.cambridge.org/9781107013605.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the Second Edition of Volume 2
  7. Preface to the First Edition of Volume 2
  8. Preface to the Berkeley Physics Course
  9. Chapter 1 Electrostatics: Charges and Fields
  10. Chapter 2 The Electric Potential
  11. Chapter 3 Electric Fields Around Conductors
  12. Chapter 4 Electric Currents
  13. Chapter 5 The Fields of Moving Charges
  14. Chapter 6 The Magnetic Field
  15. Chapter 7 Electromagnetic Induction
  16. Chapter 8 Alternating-Current Circuits
  17. Chapter 9 Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
  18. Chapter 10 Electric Fields in Matter
  19. Chapter 11 Magnetic Fields in Matter
  20. Appendix A: A Short Review of Special Relativity
  21. Appendix B: Radiation by an Accelerated Charge
  22. Appendix C: Superconductivity
  23. Appendix D: Magnetic Resonance
  24. Appendix E: Exact Relations among SI a CGS Units
  25. Index