Intro Physics EM Theory Books: Find Textbooks to Enhance Learning

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For advanced undergraduate studies in Electromagnetic Theory, Griffiths is highly recommended and widely used in the US, with options for cheaper international editions. The Feynman Lectures Volume II and Lorrain and Corson are also suggested as valuable resources. Marion's Classical Electromagnetic Radiation is noted for its effectiveness, while Panofsky and Phillips is advised against due to its graduate-level complexity. Users are encouraged to utilize the forum's search feature for additional textbook discussions. These resources collectively aim to enhance understanding of electromagnetic concepts.
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Hello,
Am starting to read Electromagnetic Theory. Can you suggest some good textbooks on the topic that will help clear the concepts.
Thanks in advance
 
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At what level? High school, introductory (first year) undergraduate, intermediate/advanced undergraduate, graduate school?
 
@jtbell For advanced Undergraduate level
 
How about Griffiths? It's very commonly used in the US. There's a cheaper international edition, and earlier editions are also good for self-study.

Also, if you use the SEARCH feature at the top right corner of this page to search for the word "electromagnetism" in this forum (make sure the box "search this forum only" is ticked), you'll find many earlier threads discussing such textbooks.
 
I'd recommend the Feynman Lectures vol. II.
 
Lorrain and Corson is good. Marion Classical Electromagnetic Radiation is good. As an undergraduate before Griffith we used Marion for the second semester and Panofsky/ Phillips for the first semester. I do not recommend Panofsky and Phillips as the level of the exposition is closer if not meeting or exceeding graduate level.
I used Lorrain and Corson the summer after I took Emag to learn what I should have learned during the school year.
 
The book is fascinating. If your education includes a typical math degree curriculum, with Lebesgue integration, functional analysis, etc, it teaches QFT with only a passing acquaintance of ordinary QM you would get at HS. However, I would read Lenny Susskind's book on QM first. Purchased a copy straight away, but it will not arrive until the end of December; however, Scribd has a PDF I am now studying. The first part introduces distribution theory (and other related concepts), which...
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