No-Nonsense Electrodynamics: A Student Friendly Introduction
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Learning Electrodynamics doesn't have to be boring What if there was a way to learn Electrodynamics without all the usual fluff? What if there were a book that allowed you to see the whole picture and not just tiny parts of it? Thoughts like this are the reason that No-Nonsense Electrodynamics now exists. What will you learn from this book? Get to know all fundamental electrodynamical concepts -Grasp why we can describe electromagnetism using the electric and magnetic field, the electromagnetic field tensor and the electromagnetic potential and how these concepts are connected. Learn to describe Electrodynamics mathematically - Understand the meaning and origin of the most important equations: Maxwell's equations & the Lorentz force law. Master the most important electrodynamical systems - read step-by-step calculations and understand the general algorithm we use to describe them. Get an understanding you can be proud of - Learn why Special Relativity owes its origins to Electrodynamics and how we can understand it as a gauge theory. No-Nonsense Electrodynamics is the most student-friendly book on Electrodynamics ever written. Here's why. First of all, it's nothing like a formal university lecture. Instead, it's like a casual conservation with a more experienced student. This also means that nothing is assumed to be "obvious" or "easy to see". Each chapter, each section, and each page focusses solely on the goal to help you understand. Nothing is introduced without a thorough motivation and it is always clear where each formula comes from. The book contains no fluff since unnecessary content quickly leads to confusion. Instead, it ruthlessly focusses on the fundamentals and makes sure you'll understand them in detail. The primary focus on the readers' needs is also visible in dozens of small features that you won't find in any other textbook In total, the book contains more than 100 illustrations that help you understand the most important concepts visually. In each chapter, you'll find fully annotated equations and calculations are done carefully step-by-step. This makes it much easier to understand what's going on. Whenever a concept is used which was already introduced previously, there is a short sidenote that reminds you where it was first introduced and often recites the main points. In addition, there are summaries at the beginning of each chapter that make sure you won't get lost. Review: Alright textbook - The book goes over the core concepts of electrodynamics, and by that, fulfills its function. However, the so-called "handdrawn" pictures are more of a gimmick that makes it a bit harder to understand what is happening. Review: An excellent intoduction to electrodynamics - An extremely self-study friendly introduction to the subject without loss of advanced concepts. It covers not just Maxwell's equations, but also aspects of important related ideas eg, Einstein's special relativity, differential geometry, and guage theory, (but not, of course, QED quantum electrodynamics). The hundreds of simple hand drawings are exceptionally helpful to the great text.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 144 Reviews |
ニ**キ
Alright textbook
The book goes over the core concepts of electrodynamics, and by that, fulfills its function. However, the so-called "handdrawn" pictures are more of a gimmick that makes it a bit harder to understand what is happening.
Q**9
An excellent intoduction to electrodynamics
An extremely self-study friendly introduction to the subject without loss of advanced concepts. It covers not just Maxwell's equations, but also aspects of important related ideas eg, Einstein's special relativity, differential geometry, and guage theory, (but not, of course, QED quantum electrodynamics). The hundreds of simple hand drawings are exceptionally helpful to the great text.
S**N
Truly Beginner friendly book, BUT
The books of Jakub Schwichtenberg are truly the best beginner friendly book for physics ever, and they will have a place in my heart for the rest of life. But the book that I especially liked was the Electrodynamics book So positives about the book are the explanation of the topic, which very few authors can do well when they write about electrodynamics. It was a great introduction to Vector Calculus, there are other book recommendations in the book, if you wanted to know something in a more detail. But the explanation of the Maxwell equations, solutions and step by step approach, was something fantastic. Now the negatives of the book, are I think no exercises in the whole book, which I can get that because it wants to be "people" friendly, but especially when self learner wants to learn the topic, and especially electrodynamics, I believe there could be few exercises put in the book. Conclusion would be that if you are a physics student who wants to learn physics and is really enthusiastic about it, books of Mr. Schwichtenberg are "must have", but there are no exercises in the book, so you could just look at his recommendation of books, where are exercises.
W**N
This is a excellent introduction book on electrodynamics, very clear and student friendly
This is a very good book if you want to understand what electrodynamics is. As the other books of this serie the aim is really to make it understandible for all. The usual 3 parts: basics, concrete example déveloped in details (as application of basics) and more advance explanations are terribly efficient and very rare, so do not hesitate!
C**S
abordagem diferente, inovadora mas eficiente
Gostei muito da maneira como os temas são apresentados (top - down). A profundidade do tratamento matemático e a precisão na apresentação dos conceitos físicos são excelentes.
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