Publisher's Synopsis
This book gives the reader an insight into fields and their sources by means of important examples, with a presentation of the full Maxwell's equations governing electromagnetic phenomena, and a discussion on these equations. The author explains how if the fields and sources are independent of time, Maxwell's equations decouple to produce the equations of electrostatics and magnetostatics. Various methods dealing with boundary problems in electrostatics and magnetostatics are then presented, followed by Faraday's law of induction which is described by one of the homogenous Maxwell's equations.;The final part of the book discusses the various topics which require the use of the full time varying Maxwell's equations. These include general considerations on the conservation of the electromagnetic energy, momentum and angular momentum, reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves and the nature and properties of electromagnetic radiation. Also given is a fairly full account of the theory of wave guides and resonant cavities. The book culminates with a look at the special theory of relativity, studying its relationship with electromagnetic theory. Proof of the covariance of classical electrodynamics and the Lorentz transformation of electrodynamics (which includes a presentation of Noether's theorem and some of its consequences) and the nature and properties of the radiation emitted by accelerating charges are discussed.
