Electromagnetics: History, Theory, and Applications / Edition 1

by Robert S. Elliott

Overview

Co-published with Oxford University Press. A handy reference for engineers and physicists, this IEEE reprinting of the classic text provides a deep, fundamental understanding of electromagnetics. Providing a pertinent historical overview for each chapter, it shows how special relativity is used to develop a complete electromagnetic theory from Coulomb's Law, with the need relativity theory developed in an early chapter. Electromagnetics also contains many applications for the chapters covering electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics, while the final three chapters of the book extend the electromagnetic theory to dielectric magnetic and conducting materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780780353848
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/08/1999
Series:	IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory , #15
Pages:	660
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

ROBERT S. ELLIOTT received a BS from Columbia University and an MS and PhD from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and later served as the first department chairman of UCLA. He was the first person to hold the Hughes Distinguished Chair in Electromagnetics at UCLA and was the recipient of the APS Distinguished Achievement Award in 1988, as well as a half-dozen Best Teacher Awards, two Best Paper Awards from the IEEE, election to Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. He became a Fellow of the IEEE in 1961 and in 2000 received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. Dr. Elliott is also the author of Electromagnetics.

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Table of Contents

Original Preface.

Preface to the IEEE Edition.

Glossary of Symbols.

The Phenomenon of Light.

The Special Theory of Relativity.

Electrostatics in Free Speace.

Magnetostatics in Free Space.

Electromagnetics in Free Space.

Dielectric Materials.

Magnetic Materials.

Conductive Materials.

Appendices.

MATHEMATICAL SUPPLEMENT.

Taylor's Series.

Vectors.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

This classic text for an advanced undergraduate/graduate course in electromagnetic theory, and reference for engineers and physicists, was originally published in 1966. Each chapter begins with a pertinent historical overview that shows how special relativity can be used to develop a complete electromagnetic theory from Coulomb's Law, with the needed relativity theory developed in an early chapter. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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