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A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations Reviews

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Summary: Even Feynman could not have made it simpler!
Comment: Fleisch's explanation of the vector operators is the most intuitive I've ever seen and his treatment of Maxwell's equations is concise, in the correct order (unlike many texts, which try to present things in historic order), and comprehensive. I especially benefitted from how he clearly distinguished between the two methods of thinking of flux. One being more physically accurate description, and the other being more mathematically useful. Every 3rd year physics student should have this book!

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Summary: Excellent Resource on Maxwell's Equations
Comment: I'm taking an electromagnetics course where we are applying Maxwell's equations. I found Fleisch's book to provide much clearer explanations of the concepts and application of Maxwell's equations than my course text book, and it has been a big help for me in this class. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Kindle Version
Comment: I can only echo the praise that others have submitted regarding "A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations." My comments are targeted at how it looks on the Kindle Reader.

The text rendering seems crisp and readable throughout, though the imaging of the equations are sometimes too small that the subscripts are difficult to read. (Locations 126-31) The text can be scaled nicely through six choices, but the images of the equations do not.

Tables lack contrast. (Locations 179-182)

The first of many boxed question marks, [?], begin at locations 232-40 and continue. The author presents a problem at Locations 440-50 that reads somewhat like this, at the end of the first sentence, "... extends from spherical angle [?]1 to [?]2 and from [?]1 to [?]2." Obviously the Kindle reader cannot render the element and simply shows [?].

I suspect a student, not familiar with the subject, would favor the old-fashioned "physical" medium to the Kindle medium.

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Summary: A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations
Comment: For me this book is a great review. I took advantage of both the pod casts and problem solutions. I prefer this authors notations to many of the other EM texts I have read.

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Summary: Excellent and non-intimidating well written book
Comment: When I saw some positive reviews about this book online, I decided to buy it. The book arrived sooner and I started reading. So far, it has been a rewarding experience for me. The author gives physical meaning to terms in each equation in plain language. In addition, the explanations are mathematically non-confusing, but describe the reason behind each terms. I wish I had the book few years back when I was taking Physics and electromagnetic charaterization of materials class. As of now, it rekindles my interests again.

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