Electricity and Magnetism

by Purcell, Edward M.; Morin, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781107014022
• ISBN10: 1107014026
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781316466698
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-01-21
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
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Summary

For 50 years, Edward M. Purcell's classic textbook has introduced students to the wonders of electricity and magnetism. The third edition has been brought up to date and is now in SI units. It features hundreds of new examples, problems and figures and contains discussions of real-life applications. The textbook 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, magnetism is derived as a relativistic effect. 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 worked examples, hundreds of illustrations and nearly 600 end-of-chapter problems and exercises, this textbook is ideal for electricity and magnetism courses. Solutions to the exercises are available for instructors at www.cambridge.org/9781107014022.

Table of Contents

Electrostatics: charges and fields

The electric potential

Electric fields around conductors

Electric currents

The fields of moving charges

The magnetic field

Electromagnetic induction

Alternating-current circuits

Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves

Electric fields in matter

Magnetic fields in matter

Appendixes

References

Index

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