Advanced classical electromagnetism /

A modern approach to classical electromagnetism. Electromagnetism is one the pillars of modern physics. Robert Wald provides graduate students with a clear, concise, and mathematically precise introduction to the subject, covering all the core topics while bringing the teaching of electromagnetism u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wald, Robert M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Electromagnetic theory without myths
  • Electrostatics
  • Dielectrics
  • Magnetostatics
  • Electrodynamics
  • Electrodynamics in media
  • Geometric optics, interference, and diffraction
  • Special relativity
  • Electromagnetism as a gauge theory
  • Point charges and self-force.