Why a new book on Electrodynamics, since there are so many, some
of them being excellent? The answer refers to the method of
exposure, the suitably selected applications and exercises, and
last but not least, the extremely
useful fact that Electrodynamics can by approached by an
axiomatic way, starting with a few fundamental principles and
arriving at electrostatics, Maxwell's equations,
magnetofluid-dynamics etc., as particular cases.
This book is addressed both to undergraduate and graduate
students who have
Physics as a major discipline. Since any general course in
Physics should
contain at least a chapter regarding the theory of
electromagnetic field, it may
also be used by those students and researchers studying
Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Chemistry, as well as
Astrophysics and Astronomy.
A general survey on applicability of theoretical physics shows
that only few theories can be compared to Electrodynamics.
Practically, almost all electric and electronic devices used all
around the World are based on the electromagnetic field theory and
phenomena. This theory presents a peculiar beauty and an amazing
harmony, which fully confirm the well-known phrase: the great
truths are simple.
By its exceptional achievements, Electrodynamics was the first
theory that opened the way to solving one of the ambitious aims of
physics, a Unified Field Theory. Indeed, it was Maxwell who
performed, for the first time, a unified concept of electric and
magnetic fields in his electromagnetic field theory. The
mathematical formalism used to describe electromagnetic phenomena
is not very complicated. That is why Maxwell's equations can be
written in various forms, so that they can also be used in the
Special and General Relativity applications. Chronologically, the
electromagnetic field was also the first quantized field (Dirac,
1927). This fact opened the way to the birth of the most powerful
theories in all branches of physics, i. e. the Quantum
Electrodynamics and in general Quantum Field Theory.
The present textbook is an outcome of the authors' teaching
experience and lectures given over many years in different
countries and for different students studying diverse fields of
physics and related subjects. The authors believe that the reader
will not only get information, but will master the subject and
understand the beauty of the field. A set of about 130 solved and
proposed problems will help to attain this purpose and to make the
book a comprehensive and useful tool for students and
researchers.
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