Classical electrodynamics, 2d ed.9780977858279 Classical electrodynamics electrodynamics, study of phenomena associated with charged bodies in motion and varying electric and magnetic fields (see charge; electricity); since a moving charge produces a magnetic field, electrodynamics is concerned with effects such as magnetism, , 2d ed. Ohanian, Hans C. Infinity Science Press 2007 620 pages $69.95 Hardcover QC631 Unlike many other undergraduate textbooks on electrodynamics, this work by Ohanian (U. of Vermont) incorporates Einstein's relativistic rel·a·tiv·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to relativism. 2. Physics a. Of, relating to, or resulting from speeds approaching the speed of light: relativistic increase in mass. recognition that electric and magnetic fields magnetic fields, n.pl the spaces in which magnetic forces are detectable; created by magnetostrictive ultrasonic scalers to cause the tips of instruments such as ultrasonic scalers to vibrate. are not different entities, but are instead merely different aspects of the four- dimensional field tensor tensor, in mathematics, quantity that depends linearly on several vector variables and that varies covariantly with respect to some variables and contravariantly with respect to others when the coordinate axes are rotated (see Cartesian coordinates). . After following the traditional introductory road in opening chapters on vector calculus, electrostatics electrostatics, study of phenomena associated with charged bodies at rest (see charge; electricity). A charged body has an excess of positive or negative charges, a condition usually brought about by the transfer of electrons to or from the body. , the boundary-value problem, dielectrics, and electric energy, he takes "a sharp turn into the relativistic domain" by presenting chapters on he theory of special relativity, vector calculus in spacetime, and the relativistic understanding of Maxwell's equations. Remaining chapters explore application's of Maxwell's equations to the areas of magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, magnetic dipoles and magnetic materials, electromagnetic waves, radiation by a point charge, radiation by a system of charges, resonant cavities and waveguides, and scattering and defraction. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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