Classical electrodynamicsThis edition refines and improves the first edition. It treats the present experimental limits on the mass of photon and the status of linear superposition, and introduces many other innovations. |
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Contents
Introduction and Survey | 1 |
Introduction to Electrostatics | 27 |
BoundaryValue Problems | 54 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Classical electrodynamics |
| Author | John David Jackson |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 047143132X, 9780471431329 |
| Length | 848 pages |
| Subjects | › › Electrodynamics Science / Mechanics / Dynamics Science / Physics / Electricity Science / Physics / General |
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