Electrodynamics: The Field-Free Approach

Book Details:

• Publisher: Springer

• Author: Kjell Prytz

• Language: English

• Edition: 2015 ed.

• ISBN: 9783319131702

• Pages: 361

• Cover: Hardcover

• Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches

About The Book:

Kjell Prytz’s Electrodynamics is an undergraduate-level textbook that provides a thorough introduction to electrodynamics, suitable for both basic and advanced courses. This book aims to help students attain a general understanding of electrodynamic theory and its core experiments and phenomena, forming a solid foundation for further studies in engineering sciences and modern quantum physics.

The book is structured around several key principles:

• It bases the theory on the concept of force and mutual interaction.

• It connects the theory to accessible experiments and observations.

• It treats electric, magnetic, and inductive phenomena cohesively, relating them to force, energy, dipoles, and material.

• The book uses the same principles introduced in mechanics courses to explain electrodynamics.

• It emphasizes the role of the magnetic effect in the theory of relativity.

• The book introduces field theory only after the basic phenomena have been explored in terms of force.

While the book builds electrodynamics from first principles, readers are expected to have a background in basic mathematics and physics, including vector algebra, integral and differential calculus, and Newton’s laws of mechanics.

This book is ideal for physics and engineering students, as well as professionals in fields such as education (high school teachers) and telecommunications. It is also a valuable resource for students in chemistry and computer science who wish to understand electrodynamics in a broad scientific context.

With more than 200 black-and-white illustrations and 4 color figures, this edition provides clear, detailed visuals to aid in the understanding of electrodynamic principles.