Classical Electrodynamics
by John David Jackson
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"In der gesamten physikalischen Lehrbuchliteratur gibt es wohl kaum ein anderes Werk, das auf seinem Feld so unangefochten eine Spitzenstellung behauptet wie das Elektrodynamik-Buch von Jackson, und das bereits seit vier Jahrzehnten." - Physik Journal. Die deutsche ©bersetzung dieses Klassikers der theoretischen Physik erscheint jetzt in einer sorgfältig durchgesehenen Neuauflage. Fehler in Gleichungen und Formeln sowie typographische Unstimmigkeiten wurden durchgehend verbessert. Hiermit show more wird das Werk seinem Anspruch an Genauigkeit und Lesbarkeit weiterhin gerecht. Einzigartig bleibt die konkurrenzlos hohe Anzahl von konkret gerechneten Beispielen, exakt durchgerechneten Fällen und zahlreichen ©bungsaufgaben. Nach wie vor ist das Buch seit der 3. Auflage grö©tenteils in SI geschrieben. Seine Anwendungsnähe (auch zur Experimentalphysik) wird sowohl von Studenten als auch von Wissenschaftlern, Hochschullehrern und Ingenieuren geschätzt. The German translation of this classic of theoretical physics is now available in a revised edition. Errors in equations and formulas, as well as typographical discrepancies have been corrected throughout. With these revisions the work has increased its claim to accuracy and legibility. Unique to this textbook of electrodynamics are the incomparably large number of calculated examples and special cases and the many exercises at the end of each chapter. As in the previous edition, the book is for the most part written with SI units. Its proximity to applied science (including experimental physics) is valued by students, scientists, teachers and engineers alike. show lessTags
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A soul crushing technical manual written by a sadist that has served as the right of passage for physics PhDs since the dawn of time. Every single one of my professors studied this book, and every single one of them hates it with a passion. While I've no intention of becoming a professor, I still wonder, will my colleagues also inflict this torture on their students? Will the cycle be perpetuated ad infinitum? How many more aspiring physicists will we leave battered and bruised at the gates of insanity before switching to a textbook that seeks to make electrodynamics clear and intuitive rather than a mind-numbing trip through the seventh circle of hell?
Everything you ever wanted to know about Classical Electro-magnetism? Probably - and a few more things besides. There's a third edition (this is the second) - I don't know what's changed.
Everything you ever wanted to know about vector calculus is probably in here, too, neatly summarised on the insides of the cover and the facing pages, which is very handy.
Have fun with Jackson and his friends, Maxwell, Bessel and Green!
Everything you ever wanted to know about vector calculus is probably in here, too, neatly summarised on the insides of the cover and the facing pages, which is very handy.
Have fun with Jackson and his friends, Maxwell, Bessel and Green!
This book is not fun to read, but it is pretty complete. It is still the standard text for electrodynamics in graduate school.
"Jackson E&M is about learning how to approximate reliably...the entire book, with few exceptions, is a mathematical discussion on how to solve [the same] 4 problems for different boundary conditions."
My grad school EM text
I liked chapter 10. That's about it.
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