An Introduction to Electromagnetic Theory

Dust jacket tears, fading spine, titles clear, unclipped. Red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Neat previous owner's inscription on ffep. xi, 297 pages clean and tight. Classical electromagnetic theory continues to occupy a prominent place in undergraduate courses in physics, applied mathematics and engineering, though with the widening of syllabuses it has, perforce, to be taught in a less leisurely way than was possible in the past. Dr Clemmow's Introduction to Electromagnetic Theory provides a crisp and selective account of the subject at undergraduate level, aimed particularly at the applied mathematician and the physicist with theoretical leanings. It concentrates on field theory (with the early development of Maxwell's equations) and omits extended descriptions of experimental phenomena and technical applications, though without losing sight of the practical nature of the subject. Rationalized mks units (now part of the Systeme International) are used and an awareness of orders of magnitude is fostered. Fields in media are discussed from both the macroscopic and microscopic points of view. As befits a mainly theoretical treatment, a knowledge of vector algebra and vector calculus is assumed, the standard results required being summarized in an appendix. Other comparatively advanced mathematical techniques, such as tensors and those involving Legendre or Bessel functions, are avoided. Problems for solution, some 180 in all, are given at the end of each chapter. Size: 8vo.…