Electromagnetics Explained

PREFACE

This book is the result of many years of wondering about and researching the conceptual foundations of electromagnetics. My goal was to write a book that provided the reader with a conceptual understanding of electromagnetics and the insight to efficiently apply this understanding to real problems that confront scientists, engineers, and technicians. The fundamental equations that govern electromagnetic phenomena are those given to us by James Clerk Maxwell, and are commonly known as Maxwell’s equations. Excepting quantum phenomena, all electromagnetic problems can be solved from Maxwell’s equations. (The complete theory of electromagnetics, which includes quantum effects, is quantum electrodynamics, often abbreviated as QED.) However, ...