A contemporary textbook in the field of electromagnetism. Not only is it comprehensive in its coverage of undergraduate material on electrodynamics, but the textboook includes some advanced topics in applied physics, such as fusions plasmas, stellar magnetism and planetary dynamos.

• 1: Vector Calculus


• 2: The Physical Signatures of Three Important Partial Differential Equations


• 3: A Bird's Eye View of Electromagnetism


• 4: The Foundations of Electrostatics


• 5: Solving for Electrostatic Fields, the Multipole Expansion and Electrostatic Energy


• 6: Dielectrics


• 7: Magnetostatics I: The Magnetic Field, Ampère's Law and the Biot-Savart Law


• 8: 8 Magnetostatics II: Dipoles, Force Distributions and Energy


• 9: Magnetic Fields in Matter


• 10: Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction


• 11: Quasi-Static Magnetic Fields: Magnetic Energy and Inductance


• 12: Transient and AC Circuits


• 13: Static Versus Dynamic Fields: Maxwell's Equations


• 14: Confined Waves: Transmission Lines, Waveguides and Resonant Cavities


• 15: Maxwell's Equations in Free Space I: the Propagation of Waves


• 16: Maxwell's Equations in Free Space II: Radiation


• 17: Maxwell's Equations in Free Space III: the Fields of Moving Charges


• 18: Maxwell's Equations in Dielectric and Magnetic Materials


• 19: Plane Waves in Stationary Dielectrics and Conductors


• 20: Magnetoydrodynamics I: Governing Equations and Kinematic Theorems


• 21: Magnetohydrodynamics II: Fusion Plasmas, Alfvén Waves, Planetary Dynamos and Stellar Magnetism


• 22: An Introduction to Special Relativity


• 23: Electromagnetism and Special Relativity

Peter Davidson is currently Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge. He has worked as a research engineer in industry in both the UK and USA and was awarded the Institute of Materials prize in 1996 for best paper in non-ferrous metallurgy. He has authored over 100 publications in the fields of magnetohydrodynamics and turbulence.