Several new textbooks and historical studies have appeared since publication, and a few older books of relevance were overlooked in the Bibliography:
Latest revision 4/10/09.
(An96) G.A. Antonelli, W.Christian, S. Fischer, R. Giles, and B. James, Waves and Optics Simulations, Wiley, 1996.
(Ar85) --> (Ar95) G.B. Arfken and H.J. Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 4th ed., Academic, 1995. (Review AJP 64, 959, 1996)
(Ba98) D. Baird, R.I.G. Hughes, A. Nordmann, eds., Heinrich Hertz: Classical Physicist, Modern Philosopher, Kluwer, 1998.
(Bo80) --> (Bo99) M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 7th ed., Cambridge U.P., 1999. (Note that this 7th edition is significantly revised from the previous 6 editions; reference citations to pages and sections in the earlier editions may need to be updated.) (Review Phys Today, Oct. 2000, p.77)
(Bo98) A. Bossavit, Computational Electromagnetism, Academic, 1998.
(Br03) C.A. Brau, Modern Problems in Classical Electrodynamics, Oxford U.P., 2003.
(Bu94) J. Buchwald, The Creation of Scientific Effects: H. Hertz and Electric Waves, U.Chicago Pr., 1994.
(Bu95) J.A. Buck, Fundamentals of Optical Fibers, Wiley, 1995.
(Ch00a) M.V.K. Chari and S.J. Salon, Numerical Methods in Electromagnetism, Academic, 2000.
(Ch00b) S.C. Chapman, Core Electrodynamics, Taylor and Francis, 2000. (Review AJP 70, 191, 2002)
(Cl96) S.R. Cloude, Introduction to Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Antennas, Springer, 1996.
(Co01) D.L. Cohen, Demystifying Electromagnetic Equations: A Complete Explanation of EM Unit Systems and Equation Transformations, SPIE, 2001.
(Cr95) N.J. Cronin, Microwave and Optical Waveguides, Inst. of Physics, 1995.
(Da00) O. Darrigol, Electrodynamics from Ampere to Einstein, Oxford U.P., 2000.
(Du93) D. Dugdale, Essentials of Electromagnetism, AIP, 1993.
(Eh94) R. Ehrlich, L. Roelofs, R. Stoner, and J. Tuszynski, Electricity and Magnetism Silulations, Wiley, 1994.
(El98) F. El Dabaghi, et al., Approximations and Numerical Methods for the Solution of MaxwellÕs Equations, Oxford U.P., 1998.
(Fl08) D. Fleisch, Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations, Cambridge U.P., 2008.
(Fo97) T.K. Fowler, The Fusion Quest, Johns Hopkins U.P., 1997.
(Gh98) A. Ghatak and K. Thyagarajan, Introduction to Fiber Optics, Cambridge U.P., 1998.
(Gi97) N.J. Giordano, Computational Physics, Prentice-Hall, 1997.
(Go68) --> (Go96) J.W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1996.
(Gr89) --> (Gr99) D.J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd ed., Prentice-Hall, 1999.
(Gr98) W. Greiner, Classical Electrodynamics, Springer, 1998.
(Ha98) P.M. Harman, The Natural Philosophy of James Clerk Maxwell, Cambridge U.P., 1998.
(He86b) J. Hendry, James Clerk Maxwell and the Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, Inst. of Physics, Philadelphia, 1986.
(He87) --> (He98) E. Hecht, Optics, 3rd ed., Addison-Wesley-Longman, 1998.
(Hi06) A. Hirshfeld, The Electric Life of Michael Faraday, Walker, 2006. (Reviews in PT Jan07, 57; AJP 75, 189; TPT 44, 557)
(Ho96) J.R. Hofmann, Andre-Marie Ampere, Cambridge U.Pr., 1996.
(Ja75) --> (Ja99) J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd ed., Wiley, 1999. (Review AJP 67, 841, 1999) (Our reference citations to pages and sections in the 2nd edition may need to be updated.)
(Kn00) H.E. Knoepfel, Magnetic Fields: A Comprehensive Theoretical Treatise for Practical Use, Wiley, 2000. (Review AJP 69, 525, 2001)
(Ko00) A. Kovetz, Electromagnetic Theory, Oxford U.P., 2000. (Review AJP 69, 829, 2001)
(Li95) S.G. Lipson, H. Lipson, and D.S. Tannhauser, Optical Physics, 3rd ed., Cambridge U.Pr., 1995.
(Lo97) F.E. Low, Classical Field Theory, Wiley, 1997.
(Ma95b) L. Mandel and E. Wolf, Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics, Cambridge U.Pr., 1995. (Review AJP 64, 1438, 1996)
(Ma02) M. Mansuripur, Classical Optics and Its Applications, Cambridge UP, 2002.
(Ma03) ÊB. Mahon, The Man Who Changed Everything: Life of James Clerk Maxwell, Wiley, 2003. (Review in AJP 74, 364)
(Me95) J.R. Meyer-Arendt, Introduction to Classical and Modern Optics, 4th ed., Prentice-Hall, 1995.
(Me01) F. Melia, Electrodynamics, U.Chicago Pr., 2001.
(Mo97) A.E. Moyer, Joseph Henry: The Rise of an American Scientist, Smithsonian Inst., 1997.
(Mu94) J. Mulligan, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, Garland, 1994.
(Na02) P.J. Nahin, Oliver Heaviside, Johns Hopkins UP, 2002.
(Ne82) --> (Ne02) R.G. Newton, Scattering Theory
(Pa62) --> (Pa05) W. Panofsky and M. Phillips, Classical Electricity and Magnetism, 2nd ed., Dover, 2005 (reprint of Pa62). (Pe05) P. Pesic, Sky in a Bottle, MIT Press, 2005. (Reviews in TPT 44, 320; AmSci 94, 283) (Po02) G.L. Pollack and D. Stump, Electromagnetism, Addison-Wesley, 2002. (Review in AJP 73, 574; authors' description in AJP 75, 485) (Ro90) F. Rohrlich, Classical Charged Particles, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1990. (Ro97) W.G.V. Rosser, Interpretation of Classical Electromagnetism, Kluwer, 1997. (Sa02) W.M. Saslow, Electricity, Magnetism, and Light, Academic Press, 2002. (Sc94) G. Scharf, From Electrostatics to Optics, Springer-Verlag, 1994. (Sc98) J. Schwinger, L.L. DeRaad, K.A. Milton, and W.Y. Tsai, Classical Electrodynamics, Perseus, 1998. (Review AJP 68, 296, 2000) (Si97) T.K. Simpson, Maxwell on the Electromagnetic Field: A Guided Study, Rutgers U.P., 1997. (Review AJP 66, 92, 1998) (Si98) M.P. Silverman, Waves and Grains: Reflections on Light and Learning, Princeton U.P., 1998. (Sm97) G.S. Smith, Introduction to Classical Electromagnetic Radiation, Cambridge U.Pr., 1997. (St87) C.W. Steele, Numerical Computation of Electric and Magnetic Fields, VanNostrand-Reinhold, 1987. (St01) J.V. Stewart, Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory, World Scientific, 2001. (Su95) C. Susskind, Heinrich Hertz: a Short Life, San Francisco Pr., 1995. (Th97) W.J. Thompson, Atlas for Computing Mathematical Functions, Wiley, 1997. (Ts97) T. Tsang, Classical Electrodynamics, World Scientific, 1997. (Va93) --> (Va04) J. Vanderlinde, Classical Electromagnetic Theory, 2nd ed., Kluwer, 2004. (We97) J.B. Westgard, Electrodynamics: a Concise Introduction, Springer, 1997. (Wo07) E. Wolf, Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light, Cambridge UP, 2007. If anyone has suggestions for additional book references, please contact Prof. Heald: mheald@frontiernet.net; phone (931)277-5770. Return to Menu.