Electricity and Magnetism
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Electricity and Magnetism
Edward M. Purcell
4 people recommended it in 2 threads, 2018–2020.
What people on Hacker News said
Purcell’s Electricity and Magnetism book is so good, I could understand E & M from a sophisticated point of you even though I could do vector calculus only on very symmetrical situations.
Not a lot of experience with physics but I like Symon's Classical Mechanics and Purcell for the same reason.
On electrodynamics, madhadron recommends Purcell's Electricity and Magnetism over Griffith's Introduction to Electrodynamics, Feynman's Lectures on Physics, and others.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What, in your opinion, are the greatest and most useful textbooks? 2020 · 2 recommendations
- The Best Textbooks on Every Subject 2018 · 2 recommendations