{"product_id":"advanced-classical-electromagnetism-9780691220390","title":"Advanced Classical Electromagnetism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern approach to classical electromagnetism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElectromagnetism is one of 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 up to date with our modern understanding of the subject. Electromagnetism is usually taught in a quasi-historical fashion, starting from concepts formulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but this tends to promote outdated ways of thinking about the theory. Wald begins with Maxwell's equations--the foundation of electromagnetism--together with the formulas for the energy density, momentum density, and stress tensor of the electromagnetic field. He then proceeds through all the major topics in classical electromagnetism, such as electrostatics, dielectrics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics and radiation, diffraction, and special relativity. The last two chapters discuss electromagnetism as a gauge theory and the notion of a point charge--topics not normally treated in electromagnetism texts.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompletely rethinks how to teach electromagnetism to first-year graduate students\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents electromagnetism from a modern, mathematically precise perspective, formulating key conceptual ideas and results clearly and concisely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by a world-class physicist and proven in the classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers all the subjects found in standard electromagnetism textbooks as well as additional topics such as the derivation of the initial value formulation for Maxwell's equations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso ideal as a supplementary text or for self-study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert M. Wald\u003c\/b\u003e is the Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago. His books include \u003ci\u003eGeneral Relativity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpace, Time, and Gravity: The Theory of the Big Bang and Black Holes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533805719826,"sku":"9780691220390","price":67.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_455d7351-552f-4764-80ee-ad16251220f7.jpg?v=1731412256","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/advanced-classical-electromagnetism-9780691220390","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}