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An Introduction to Classical Electromagnetic Radiation

An Introduction to Classical Electromagnetic Radiation
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An Introduction to Classical Electromagnetic Radiation

 
 
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A fundamental and thorough description of classical electromagnetic radiation, this book is a balance of physical and mathematical explanation and includes over 300 illustrations. Starting from Maxwell's equations, the author demonstrates how fundamental concepts are applied in a wide variety of examples from areas such as classical optics, antenna analysis, and electromagnetic scattering. An interweaving of theoretical and experimental results gives insight into the physical and historical foundations of the subject. The book gives equal footing to the radiation of pulses and the more conventional time harmonic signals. With more than 140 problems, it can be used as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering and physics, and will also be of interest to scientists and engineers working in applied electromagnetics. A solutions manual is available for instructors.


Product Details
Author:Glenn S. Smith
Paperback:673 pages
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Publication Date:August 13, 1997
Language:English
ISBN:0521586984
Product Length:10.05 inches
Product Width:7.1 inches
Product Height:1.4 inches
Product Weight:2.58 pounds
Package Length:9.92 inches
Package Width:7.09 inches
Package Height:1.42 inches
Package Weight:2.69 pounds
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5Graduate-level text, covers unusual topics...  Mar 04, 2008 By Steven J. Wojtczuk
This text is strikes a nice balance between being detailed and still remaining reasonably easy to follow. I like this text a lot because it covers less common topics and derives things. For example, it talks about Gaussian pulses exciting an antenna as well as the standard time-harmonic sinusiodal case. I am not really an antenna guy, but I have to say I found it interesting/amusing that I never even thought about anything other than a sine wave exciting an antenna until I saw this book, because that was all I had seen previously in books. I originally looked at this book while trying to find a discussion for scattering from a circular aperture that is small compared to the wavelength (think of a shielded enclosure with small holes like in your microwave oven). Smith has a complete derivation and gives the the correct transmission coefficient. Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics (a fine book) tackles this, but uses simplified assumptions for the field in the mouth of the aperture, and does not quite get the correct answer because of the questionable assumptions, as Jackson himself points out. I have found only one electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) book (by Christopoulos) that even bothers to list a formula (much less derive it) for what I think is an important topic (shielding by a metal screen with holes) in EMC. This is one of those books that you will still be glad to have 20 years from now because there is almost nothing in it that will become outdated in 20 years - it explains a great many important fundamental topics very well.

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4An Introduction to Classical Electromagnetic Radiation  Feb 21, 2001 By Cassidy
This is a good engineering reference, with a slight physics twist. Much of the material is engineering related, but there are some topics (such as Cherenkov radiation - more suitable as a physics discussion) that is well covered. Overall, a good reference text.

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