Electromagnetism Book Recommendations

[Fjolvar]

Hello, I'm currently taking an upper level undergraduate Electromagnetism class and having some difficulty learning the concepts. We are using Griffith's edition and I must say I'm not a fan of the book, so I was wondering if anyone has any other books they could recommend, or even videos online discussing the subjects. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Daverz]

Hello, I'm currently taking an upper level undergraduate Electromagnetism class and having some difficulty learning the concepts. We are using Griffith's edition and I must say I'm not a fan of the book, so I was wondering if anyone has any other books they could recommend, or even videos online discussing the subjects. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Nayfeh & Brussel, which has tons of solved problems.

 

[Born2bwire]

Purcell is another common textbook. Halliday and Resnick is another I think. Personally though Griffiths is my go to textbook hands down.

 

[jtbell]

Halliday and Resnick (with either Krane or Walker) is a first-year introductory physics textbook. It's well below the level of Griffiths or Purcell. The OP has surely already been through a course at the level of H&R.

 

[AlexChandler]

I use The Feynman Lectures for Electricity and Magnetism. Richard Feynman in my opinion was a genius and I absolutely love to be able to see physics the way that he saw it. The Feynman Lectures is a three volume series covering Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, and some of Quantum Mechanics. It is a wonderful series. It usually comes with another book called Feynman's Tips in Physics which is a small problems solving guide. It is all very interesting.
Another great source that I have found is the online MIT lectures. Walter Lewin gives a complete lecture series for Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, and a course in Wave Motion. You can see every lecture for each semester, as well as download the actual MIT tests and answer keys and take them.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-02-electricity-and-magnetism-spring-2002/video-lectures/
It is amazing all the resources that a student can find nowadays.
The MIT lecture series on E&M is freshman level, but the Feynman lectures is not. The lectures were given at CalTech in the 60's I believe. Each volume covers a year worth of material. The 2nd volume covers mostly E&M and is for sophomores. It should be at the level of your course.
You can also find some great video lectures at Academic Earth. I was watching a Classical Mechanics lecture series given by Leonard Susskind (one of the fathers of string theory) the other day. There's some great stuff on this site as well.

 

[Dr Transport]

Wangsness is far better than Griffiths...

 

[naele]

Forget a textbook, get the Schaum's outline of electromagnetism and 2000+ solved problems in electromagnetics

 

[Meir Achuz]

Hello, I'm currently taking an upper level undergraduate Electromagnetism class and having some difficulty learning the concepts. We are using Griffith's edition and I must say I'm not a fan of the book, so I was wondering if anyone has any other books they could recommend, or even videos online discussing the subjects. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I would recommend Franklin's "Classical Electromagnetism" which has more detail than Griffith's. It is on a higher level, but you should be able to use it as a supplement.

 

[blacknovember]

I would say Griffiths or Jackson.