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This invaluable book presents papers written during the last 40 years by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his collaborators on various physical effects which can be observed on atoms interacting with electromagnetic fields. It consists of a personal selection of review papers, lectures given at schools, as well as original experimental and theoretical papers. Emphasis is placed on physical mechanisms and on general approaches (such as the dressed atom approach) having a wide range of applications. Various topics are discussed, such as atoms in intense laser fields, photon correlations, quantum jumps, radiative corrections, laser cooling and trapping, Bose–Einstein condensation. In this new edition, about 200-page of new material has been added. ... Read more

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This book presents a quantum-theoretical consideration of some important and interesting processes occuring in the presence of intense electromagnetic fields, both in the quasiclassical and essentially quantum regions of electron motion. The material is based on results obtained by the author and his colleagues, and includes a number of exact expressions and equations for the phenomena he observes. He proposes a new interpretation of the phenomenon of radiation self-polarization of electrons and positrons in storage rings, and predicts a new physical effect, which he calls ''resonant transition scattering in the presence of a strong non-stationary electromagnetic field.'' In addition to this, he describes the effect of a superstrong magnetic field on the chemical equilibrium of neutron, proton and electron gases in the neutron star core. ... Read more

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This book is based on the modern conceptual understanding of crystal fields. It clarifies several issues that have historically produced confusion in this area, particularly the effects of covalency and ligand polarization on the energy spectra of magnetic ions. This comprehensive volume provides readers with clear instructions and a set of computer programs for the phenomenological analysis of energy spectra of magnetic ions insolids. Readers are shown how to employ a hierarchy of parametrized models to extract as much information as possible from observed lanthanide and actinide spectra. All computer programs included in the volume are freely available on the Internet. It will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers working in the development of opto-electronic systems and magnetic materials. ... Read more

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A comprehensive collection of papers ontheoretical aspects ofelectronic processes in simple and synthetic metals, superconductors,bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors under extreme conditions, suchas high magnetic and electric fields, low and ultra-low temperatures.The main emphasis is on low-dimensional conductors andsuperconductors, where correlated electrons, interacting with magneticor nonmagnetic impurities, phonons, photons, or nuclear spins, resultin a variety of new physical phenomena, such as quantum oscillationsin the superconducting state, Condon instability, Skyrmions andcomposite fermions in quantum Hall effect systems, and hyperfinefield-induced mesoscopic and nanoscopic phenomena. Several newexperimental achievements are reported that promise to delineatefuture trends in low temperature and high magnetic field physics,including the experimental observation of the interplay betweensuperconductivity and nuclear spin ordering at ultra-low temperatures,new observations of Condon domains in normal metals, and anexperimental proposal for the realisation of isotopically engineered,semiconductor-based spin-qubit elements for future quantum computationand communication technology. ... Read more

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Recent concerns over the possible hazards of electrical and magnetic fields in the home and workplace are comprehensively addressed within this book. The chapters contain detailed research on the biological effects of electric and magnetic fields, and evidence for and against any interaction of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and the biological systems.

The two volumes cover:
* The relative risk of exposure to EMFs
* Putative behavioral and neural effects of EMFs
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Reference work on high-magnetic-field science. Describes key concepts and future prospects. ... Read more

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Recent concerns over the possible hazards of electrical and magnetic fields in the home and workplace are comprehensively addressed within this book. The chapters contain detailed research on the biological effects of electric and magnetic fields, and evidence for and against any interaction of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and biological systems.

The two volumes cover:
* The relative risk of exposure to EMFs
* Putative behavioral and neural effects of EMFs
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Customer Reviews (3)

E+M Done Right
Great text alone or as a complement to any of the standards. Wangsness in my case.

E&M Waves & Fields, 2nd ed.
I am informed by Francois Lorrain, son of Paul Lorrain, that Paul passed away peacefully in his sleep in June of 2006.I personally purchased this text as a college physics major in the 1970's.I have worked perhaps 80% of the problems in this particular text.It is difficult to match the clarity of presentation, even though it goes into considerable depth in this sometimes difficult and technical subject.

Both Paul and Francois, along with Dale Corson, authored a third edition of this text, which was published in 1985.Problems were thoroughly edited in the third edition, some eliminated and some added compared to the second edition.As one might expect, the third edition is an improvement over the second, but the second edition remains a classic in the field, and is indeed a bargain at current prices on Amazon.

Great reference work.
This book is intended primarily for students of Physics or Electrical Engineering at the junior or senior levels, although some schools will prefer to use it with first-year
graduate students. The book should also be useful for scientists and engineers who wish to review the subject.

The aim of this book is to give the reader a working knowledge of the basic concepts of electromagnetism. Indeed, as Alfred North Whitehead stated, half a century
ago, "Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge." This explains the relatively large number of examples and problems. It also explains why
we have covered fewer subjects more thoroughly. For instance, Laplace's equation is solved in rectangular and in spherical coordinates, but not in cylindrical
coordinates.

CONTENTS
A chapter on vectors (Chapter 1), a discussion of Legendre's differential equation (Section 4.5), an appendix on the technique that involves replacing cos wt by exp jwt,
and an appendix on wave propagation.

After the introductory chapter on vectors, Chapters 2, 3, and 4 describe electrostatic fields, both in a vacuum and in dielectrics. All of Chapter 4 is devoted to the
solution of Laplace's and of Poisson's equations.

Chapter 5 is a short exposition of the basic concepts of special relativity, with little reference to electric charges. It requires nothing more, in the way of mathematics,
than elementary differential calculus and the vector analysis of Chapter 1. Chapter 6 contains a demonstration of Maxwell's equations that is based on Coulomb's law
and on the Lorentz transformation and which is valid only for the case where the charges move at constant velocities.

Chapters 7 and 8 deal with the conventional approach to the magnetic fields associated with constant and with variable currents. Here, as elsewhere, references to
Chapter 6 may be disregarded.

Chapter 9 contains a discussion of magnetic materials that parallels, to a certain extent, that of Chapter 3 on dielectrics.

In Chapter 10, the Maxwell equation for the curl of B is rediscovered, without using relativity. This is followed by a discussion of the four Maxwell equations, as well
as of some of their more general implications. The point of view is different from that of Chapter 6, and there is essentially no repetition.

The last four chapters, 11 to 14, concern various applications of Maxwell's equations: plane waves in infinite media in Chapter 11, reflection and refraction in Chapter
12, guided waves in Chapter 13, and radiation in Chapter 14. The only three media considered in Chapters 11 and 12 are perfect dielectrics, good conductors, and
low-pressure ionized gases. Similarly, Chapter 13 is limited to the two simplest types of guided wave, namely the TEM mode in coaxial lines and the TE1,0 mode in
rectangular guides. Chapter 14 discusses electric and magnetic dipoles and quadrupoles, as well as the essential ideas concerning the half-wave antenna, antenna arrays,
and the reciprocity theorem.
For a basic and relatively simple course on electromagnetism, one could study only Chapters 2, 3 (less Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10), 4 (less Sections 4.4 and
4.5), 7, 8, 9 (less Section 9.3 but conserving the equation v - B = 0), and 10. For a rather advanced course, on the other hand, Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 could be
reviewed briefly using the summaries at the end of each chapter. One would then start with Chapter 6, and then go on to Chapter 10 and the following chapters. There
are, of course, many other possibilities.

In Chapter 12, Sections 12.3 and 12.7 could be dispensed with. They involve the application of Fresnel's equations to particular cases and are not essential for the
remaining chapters. Chapter 13 is instructive, both because of the insight it provides into the propagation of electromagnetic waves and because of its engineering
applications, but it is not required for understanding Chapter 14. Finally, Chapter 14 is based on Chapter 10 and on the first two sections of Chapter 11. ... Read more

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Collection of short review articles written by leading international experts on the superconducting state in magnetic fields, a rapidly developing area.Emphasizes the importance of having experimental & theoretical works side by side.DLC: Condensed matter - Magnetic properties. ... Read more

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A practical new approach that brings together circuit theory and field theory for the practicing engineer
To put it frankly, the traditional education of most engineers and scientists leaves them often unprepared to handle many of the practical problems they encounter. The Fields of Electronics: Understanding Electronics Using Basic Physics offers a highly original correction to this state of affairs.
Most engineers learn circuit theory and field theory separately. Electromagnetic field theory is an important part of basic physics, but because it is a very mathematical subject, the connection to everyday problems is not emphasized. Circuit theory, on the other hand, is by its nature very practical. However, circuit theory cannot describe the nature of a facility, the interconnection of many pieces of hardware, or the power grid that interfaces each piece of hardware.
The Fields of Electronics offers a unique approach that brings the physics and the circuit theory together into a seamless whole for today's practicing engineers. With a clear focus on the real-world problems confronting the practitioner in the field, the book thoroughly details the principles that apply to:
* Capacitors, inductors, resistors, and transformers
* Utility power and circuit concepts
* Grounding and shielding
* Radiation
* Analog and digital signals
* Facilities and sites
Written with very little mathematics, and requiring only some background in electronics, this book provides an eminently useful new way to understand the subject of electronics that will simplify the work of every novice, experienced engineer, and scientist. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Flawed, but EEs (and experimental physicists) should buy anyway
Great book concept, but needs tighter editing.The author is expert at the topic matter, and haspersonal drive to educate EEs to think about field physics not just the customary lumped element circuit theory, to understand what they're doing rather than blindly follow rules of thumb or handed-down oral tradition of their industry.Better understanding of electrical systems as physical electromagnetic systems will be ever more important in the 21st Century with spacecraft, high energy particle accelerators, medical equipment, digital devices running at mumble-mumble zillion hoogaHertz frequencies, and in specialties critical to pushing the limits of performance such as signal integrity engineering.

The earlier chapters will be easy review for advanced students and practicing engineers - Ohm's law, power and such.Later chapters gave me insights to how electric and magnetic fields, charges and current interplay in real life electronics.The math is fairly easy going - i didn't see any calculus or vector math.Even the chapter on Poynting's vector has no vector math. All directional concepts are given with arrows in illustrations.Some familiarity with phasors may be useful, but only the concept; there are no complex number equations here either. The fancier math is great for ideal textbook problems of perfect cylinders, but hard to apply to real life equipment.The book's emphasis is on magnitudes and intuitive concepts.

The book is imperfect, unfortunately.There are problems given for practice with answers in back of the book (and not just for the odd-numbered) but some of these are marred by typos or unclear explanations in the answers.The text in general could use polishing. Some paragraphs seemed redundant or could be reworded.Some illustrations didn't make their point clearly.

However, given the expertise and street-smarts of the author, a smart engineer should be able to figure their way around these flaws and pick up fresh insights. Parts of the book seemed somewhat more like a brain dump than a well-crafted story. The best thing about this book is that it fills the gap between most electronics books that may describe field only in specialized situations (IC design, microwave shielding, etc.) and physics books that are almost always far to theoretical and mathematically sophisticated for the practical-minded engineer.Morrison has be praised for his expertise covering the range of 60Hz power up to GHz.Of course, what good are the laws of physics if they don't apply everywhere?The physics ideas are simple, taken one at a time; it's the application to practical problems such as shielding where this book helps.

The book came out in 2002. My hope is the author gets enough feedback and demand to put out a 2nd edition, with much tighter technical editing and fresh illustrations.

I'm reviewing a university library copy with a drab black cover, so i don't get to enjoy the colorful blue and orange cover as shown above.

The Fields of Electronics
This is a very helpful book for practicing electrical engineers.It discusses in detail the relationship between basic physics (particularly field theory) and electrical engineering, and shows how a knowledge of practical physics forms the basis for a complete understanding of electrical phenomena.This book fills a gap left by most college physics courses, which are too theoretical to be helpful with practical engineering problems.Five stars.

The Fields of Electronics
I really wanted to like this book. Truly. But it fails. Miserably. It does not represent a comprehensive approach to circuit and field theory. What I mean by this is that there is absolutely no method or application of field theory that provides insight into the quantitative design requirements of electronics to be found here. There is some solid construction advice concerning shielding and grounding, but this is probably better covered in the author's previous works. The numerous mistakes, not just typos, should have been caught in editing. The "fields" of schematic circuits... I wish they were laughable.
The graphics are not even good enough to make this pass as a good con job. ... Read more

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This classic introduction to electromagnetic fields, thoroughly revised in 1964 and available here in a one-volume edition, includes an invaluable self-contained section on quantum theory. Problems with solutions. 148 illustrations. Reprint of 1964 ed.
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Clearly explains Maxwell and Dirac field equations!
I love this book too.You can take it with you to a remote island and totally digest Maxwell and Dirac without need for any other books.Very self contained and clearly written.It's a keeper.

Electromagnetic Fields and the Theory of Relativity
In my opinion, this is one of the best books ever written on the electromagnetic theory and on the theoretical and experimental basis of the special theory of realtivity. The part on the quantum theory mantains the same high standard of the first part, which derives fromthe well known "Theorie der Electrizitat".

The interplay between theory and experiment, the clarity of the mathematical proofs, even the simple drawings that help in understanding some mathematical points, are at the highest level. This is one of the unfrequent cases in which the notion of "classical" applies in a full fashion. I would recommend this book to all those who wish to undertake, at a University level, the study of the fundamentals of theoretical physics.

Arguablythe text where Einstein learnt Maxwell theory
Yes, this is the result of a research by Gerald Holton, the great science historian from Harvard. This is the latest rendition of the famous Abraham-Becker, which, in turn, descended from the text by Foppl, where Einstein scribbled his doubts. A great book for anyone, though. Crisp, conceptually very sound. Great discussion, and elegant use of the Helmholtz theorem on vector fields ("if you know the Div and the Curl, you know everything"). Very good treatment of relativistic electromagnetism, perhaps the best, very concrete and tied to experiments. Becker was a great science writer. In this Dover edition you get the bonus of Becker's lectures on Quantum Mechanics, very valuable by themselves. I love this book, and have taught from it many times. ... Read more

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Out of print, but available online
Let me first join others here, this books is definitely one of the best in electromagnetics. It is a must for every electrical engineer (not necessarily applicable to digital signal processing etc), but captures the beauty of maxwell equations really well. Also it will make transition to other advanced texts (eg Jackson) lot more easier.
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superb
An excellent book and a brain opener on EM theory. To my sorrow many great books like this go out of print.

MIT Open Caouseware provides free electronic copy
As mentioned by the 1st reviewer, this is an excellent book in EM theory. Too bad, it's out of print.

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Excellent exposition on electromagnetism
It is hard to understand why this book is out of print.
The authors are deceased as far as I have checked.
It is extremely well organized and written, logically presented,
full of illustrations, examples, figures and exercises.
The text covers electromagnetism at a graduate level,
but it is so clearly written that you will be able to gain
lots of insights even if you have studied only the basics.
Some typos are present in the text but they are easy to
identify and correct. I personally enjoy a lot this book
and recommend it thoroughly. It deserves to be reprinted
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A Careful, Hands-Off Presentation of the Foundations of Electromagnetism
The history of electromagnetic waves has a very limited audience, but was perfect for my needs.I came away even more impressed with Maxwell, the preeminent founder of electromagnetic theory than before.His work stands uncorrected in 140 years, while even Einstein misinterpreted the facts and quantum mechanics has gone off the deep end into mysticism.

A great book for a limited audience
I think, for a certain type of reader, this book is a great find...I'm in that limited audience, and am very glad to have discovered it.

As the other reviews suggest, this is NOT the place to start your study of E & M.There are two objectives the book DOES help to meet.First, if you already know a bit about Maxwell's Equations and you want to learn something of the ways in which Maxwell (and indirectly, Faraday) thought about the subject as they developed their ideas, this is a very good book.Secondly, for those, like me, with a poor "intuition" about E & M, I think the book will sharpen our vision in a way that contemporary texts may not. The book makes clear that Faraday and Maxwell certainly stumbled along the way, and got some wrong notions in their heads as they worked hard towards the truth.If you learn just from modern textbooks, you may get the false impression that the greats were infallible, and that you are somehow "foolish" if you either (a) just don't "see" it, or (b) waste your time trying to "see" it when "after all it's all about the mathematics anyway."Just watching Maxwell struggle to visualize what is going on gives me more courage in my efforts to visualize what is going on.

I'm a civil engineer who has never had to use E & M seriously, but since college 30 years ago, I've wanted to gain some intutitive feel for what is happening in Maxwell's Equations.It was exciting for me to read the introductory material giving the context of Faraday and Maxwell struggling for the same "insight" into how things work, especially in the face of a very powerful intellectual movement that said "it's all in the mathematics; don't waste your time trying to visualize it."

As one of the other reviews points out, the historical background is very helpful.If it is true that this book is perhaps NOT the place to start your study of Electricity and Magnetism, I agree strongly with one of the other reviewers that going straignt to Maxwell WITHOUT this guide will be even more fraught, as words and definitions have naturally evolved in 150 years.Armed with more of the context from this book, I may end up engaging with Maxwell more directly.

I disagree that the first paper is a "waste of time", although I'm no scholar of the literature of the era.My own background is more in fluid mechanics and hydraulics, and I was astonished that the first paper lays out very clearly the mechanics and geometry of potential theory (relevant to ideal inviscid flow and groundwater flow, as well as heat and electrostratics) in the form of a "letter to Faraday", i.e. a paper working to avoid all the mystification of mathematical symbols by using plain English to the extent that he could to lay out the ground rules, methods, and consequences of potential theory.Modern textbooks don't do this job much better, and Maxwell takes the time to make the imagery as physical as possible.Not only is this paper inherently interesting to me because of its subject (it could be called "visualizing the geometry of potential theory"), but also because it shows how Maxwell, following Faraday's vision, worked to shift thinking from "action at a distance" to "field theories" and the phenomena of "transmission" (or "induction").

The book does have some organizational problems, as you read related arguments 3 times (the article itself, the annotation, and then the discussion pieces.)I share, with the other readers, frustrations about the omissions from the original papers.Finally, the premise, (that you can use this in a Great Books program to convey the miracle of Maxwell's and Faraday's insight to the non-scientist) is also dubious.If I wanted to explain the amazing power of Maxwell's discoveries to a non-scientist, I would not start with this book.

BUT I have been curious about Maxwell's equations for over thirty years, and this book is scratching a long-standing itch as many others have not.I am grateful to the editors/authors for their efforts, and I believe some others will find it as valuable as I have.

Don't waste your time
The book is complete disaster. If you want to find out how did James C. Maxwell came up with his 20 equations that describe behaviour of electromagnetic field - do NOT buy this book, but instead try to find an "untempered" version of Maxwell's original work. (for example, "The dynamical theory..." editor T.F Torrance - I was forced to do that myself)
The major problem with the book is that the author had a weired notion, that he could explain Maxwell better than Maxwell himself. Instead of giving the original version of Maxwell's text first and add his own comments after that, Mr. Simpson decided to re-shaffle Maxwell's work at his own will and insert his unwanted comments right in the middle of Maxwell's original lineswithout even distinct marking. What had he accomplished by that ?Made his own book unreadable - complete mess.
In short - Do NOT waste a penny on this useless book...
Even a one star rating for this book is too much...

The heart is missing...
I bought this book to understand electromagnetic theory from ground up - to follow the inventor's thought pattern instead of pushing equations from textbook in to my memory. But I guess this book isn't enough. The good things about this book is that it gives really good historical account of electromagnetism experiments which is essential before peeping in to Maxwell's work. But major part of this book gets wasted in Maxwell's first two papers which are really not important or necessary at all. It's purely waste of time for uninformed readers to read these obscure papers that really doesn't derive anything important. The whole electrodynamics, Maxwell's famous equations and derivation of speed of light - all that stuff comes in his 3rd paper. Maxwell had originally derived 20 equations (8 if you use Vector form) instead of popular 4 textbook versions. This whole derivation part - the single reason why I picked up this book - is missing altogether. Author just gives final form of derivation like any other text book would do. The pain is that you would have spent weeks to get at this part trying to figure out content of those two first papers and finally left learning nothing new. I also get the constant feel that book is more geared towards historians of Maxwell instead of a person who wants to know his work. Anyway good part of this book is that it provides original text of paper + interpretation notes + discussion notes. The bad part is that original text is often omitted at number of places, interpretive notes of missing for many of the confusing parts of first two papers and the whole part of Maxwell's original derivation is missing in discussion notes. Because the heart (derivation of equations) is missing, you would need to by Vol 2 (not Vol 1) of "A Treatise on electricity and magnetism" ALONG with this book and remember to skip those two first papers. The reason I wrote "along with" is because you will still need this book to read about the original electromagnetic experiments and a modern point of view. ... Read more

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Presents comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory and applications. Basic laws and physical phenomena are illustrated by numerous examples. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Pretty Good!
This book was alright. My teacher didn't care that much for the subject matter and mostly wanted to end class early. I relied heavily on the material in the book. Overall though, I thought it was pretty good. Having the solutions manual helped me understand it alittle better. I was able to purchase the solutions manual by emailing zmanual(at)gmail(dot)com. Best of luck.

Make sure you know the EDITION
A lot of vendors sell old books without mentioning the Edition. Have the correct ISBN number, or confirm ahead of time before you purchase.

This company sent me what they said they would, but it was wrong for me.

This books sucks
This books sucks ballz.It contains many mistakes, it has very poor explanations, few examples, and huge leaps from one step to the next in the solutions.It's totally worthless as a textbook and may be marginally useful as a reference.I purchased two other well-respected books on electromagnetism to replace this doorstop.Hopefully they'll arrive in time for my grades to turn around.

Ok Book
The book itself is only so-so I feel. I have taken two classes with Dr. Iskander and he uses it as a reference, and does point out where the errors are. The classes I find were/are great, he clearly knows and loves the material. The book though does not as clearly explain the principles as others I have come across.

Good book
We used this book for a two quarter sequence in EM. The book is very solid and thorough in the begining with Maxwell's Equations. It is a little empty concerning static fields with only one chpater devoted to it. It is, however, a very readable texbook with most of the answers in the back ... Read more