- #1
Major_Disaster
- 14
- 0
Hello,
Im struggling with a pretty horrendous lecturer for this 2nd year course, so am trying to learn a lot of it myself with a decent textbook. I am getting pretty scared for the exam in summer. We have been reccomended Jewett & Serway, but its kinda just a general physics, and doesn't seem to go into much depth with the E&M stuff.
Ive been searching these forums for ages, and i think I've narrowed it down to:
Electricity and Magnetism - Purcell (ISBN: 0070049084)
Electromagnetic Fields - Wangsness (ISBN: 0471811866
Introduction to Electrodynamics - Griffiths (ISBN: 0138053260)
Physics, Volume 2 - Halliday (ISBN: 0471401943)
Im worried Purcell & Griffiths are too much for me to handle (this is the first we have met of E&M and I am worried these are too advanced). Wangsness looks good for content but Halliday looks perfect, yet i can't seem to find it for less than £100. What would you reccomend?
Cheers
PS, added the lecture titles so you can see what sort of stuff we are "covering":
Lecture 1. Electromagnetic Phenomena
Lecture 2. Electromagnetism is a Field Theory
Lecture 3. Electric and Magnetic Fields
Lecture 4. Gauss' Theorem
Lecture 5. Electrostatics
Lecture 6. Field Lines and Equipotential Surfaces
Lecture 7. Electrostatics in Simple Geometries
Lecture 8. Conductors
Lecture 9. Images in Conductors
Lecture 10. Capacitors
Lecture 11. Electric Dipoles
Lecture 12. Dielectrics
Lecture 13. Electrostatic Energy
Lecture 14. Electrostatic Field Energy
Lecture 15. Magnetostatics
Lecture 16. Ampere's Law
Lecture 17. The Lorentz Force
Lecture 18. Magnetic Forces
Lecture 19. Induced Currents
Lecture 20. The Laws of Induction
Lecture 21. The Maxwell Equations
Lecture 22. AC Circuits
Lecture 23. Inductance
Lecture 24. Generators
Lecture 25. Resistance
Lecture 26. LCR Circuits
Lecture 27. Energy in LCR Circuits
Im struggling with a pretty horrendous lecturer for this 2nd year course, so am trying to learn a lot of it myself with a decent textbook. I am getting pretty scared for the exam in summer. We have been reccomended Jewett & Serway, but its kinda just a general physics, and doesn't seem to go into much depth with the E&M stuff.
Ive been searching these forums for ages, and i think I've narrowed it down to:
Electricity and Magnetism - Purcell (ISBN: 0070049084)
Electromagnetic Fields - Wangsness (ISBN: 0471811866
Introduction to Electrodynamics - Griffiths (ISBN: 0138053260)
Physics, Volume 2 - Halliday (ISBN: 0471401943)
Im worried Purcell & Griffiths are too much for me to handle (this is the first we have met of E&M and I am worried these are too advanced). Wangsness looks good for content but Halliday looks perfect, yet i can't seem to find it for less than £100. What would you reccomend?
Cheers
PS, added the lecture titles so you can see what sort of stuff we are "covering":
Lecture 1. Electromagnetic Phenomena
Lecture 2. Electromagnetism is a Field Theory
Lecture 3. Electric and Magnetic Fields
Lecture 4. Gauss' Theorem
Lecture 5. Electrostatics
Lecture 6. Field Lines and Equipotential Surfaces
Lecture 7. Electrostatics in Simple Geometries
Lecture 8. Conductors
Lecture 9. Images in Conductors
Lecture 10. Capacitors
Lecture 11. Electric Dipoles
Lecture 12. Dielectrics
Lecture 13. Electrostatic Energy
Lecture 14. Electrostatic Field Energy
Lecture 15. Magnetostatics
Lecture 16. Ampere's Law
Lecture 17. The Lorentz Force
Lecture 18. Magnetic Forces
Lecture 19. Induced Currents
Lecture 20. The Laws of Induction
Lecture 21. The Maxwell Equations
Lecture 22. AC Circuits
Lecture 23. Inductance
Lecture 24. Generators
Lecture 25. Resistance
Lecture 26. LCR Circuits
Lecture 27. Energy in LCR Circuits
Last edited: