Although Maxwell's equations were formulated over one hundred years ago, the subject of electromagnetism has not remained static. Advanced undergraduate students in science, to whom we are driecting our attention, today approach the subject with a qualitative understanding of atomic phenomena. At the snme time, they have acquired a good background in mathematics and for the first time are in a position to solve some of the important problems of classical physics. In addition, many of these students are computer literate.
The present volume evolved from the teaching of are computer literate. The present volume evolved from the teaching of courses in electricity and magnetism to physics majors at Case Institute of Technology and at Dartmouth College. A course in electromagnetism is ideally suited to a development of the concepts of vector of vector analysis, partial differential equations, boundary-value problems, and numerical computations via the desktop computer. The sections involving these techniques are written in such a way that little previous knowledge of the subject is required.
1. Vector Analysis
2. Electrostatics
3. Solution of Electrostatic Problems
4. The Electrostatic Field in Dielectric Media
5. Microscopic Theory of Dielectrics
6. Electrostatic Energy
7. Electric Current
8. The Magnetic Field of Steady Currents
9. Magnetic Properties of Matter
10. Microscopic Theory of Magnetism
etc.