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Two thirds of this book covers the topics of magneto-statics, electrostatics and quasi-static fields. It is written in vector calculus throughout, letting the maths do more explanation than the text. There are illustrations, but they are few and far between.
I really didn't like this book, as it seemed to make the elementary material unnecessarily difficult. I have seen much better descriptions of electromagnetics in practically all other books on elementary electromagnetics. If you want to get a simple explanation about electromagnetics from an accomplished master in the subject, then you will be disappointed in this book. The only thing that would moderate this disappointment is the relatively low cost of this book.
I suspect that this work has lost much of the appeal of the original lectures, since it is not only taken from a student's notes, but is also translated. I suppose that in these circumstances, a major loss of presentation is inevitable.
Unfortunately the units in the book have not been translated to SI, so you end up with the speed of light, c, appearing all over the place. This subject is hard enough as it is, without having to put up with an outdated system of units, giving equations which apparently disagree with modern text books.
In short, harsh as it may seem, I do not feel that this book can be recommended. I say this, despite the fact that I have not found "fault" with the text in any technical sense. It is not that the book is in error in any way, it is just that a more modern presentation, as found in the host of other books available, would probably be a better investment.
Leslie Green CEng MIEE
"Pauli Lectures on Physics"
should
remind you something.
Landau&Lifshits!
Exactly!
So my opinion is that the Landau books are written
in a tight relationship with Pauli lectures.
But everybody is aware of that obvious things
for Landau are not so clear for a graduate student.
So Pauli lectures fill "Landau' "obviously" " gaps
Perfectly!
My advice to graduate students who
are struggling with Landau - open
Pauli lectures and very soon it will
be obvious for you ;)
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