Looking for a textbook of undergrad E&M, for Physics Forum Help that I give

[Gene Naden]

I sometimes post answers to threads people post about E&M. Unfortunately, my Masters in physics was 40 years ago and I am a little rusty. I am looking for something that will help me answer people's questions. The level of math can be fairly sophisticated as I have brushed up a bit.

 

[Daverz]

Nayfeh & Brussel:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486789713/?tag=pfamazon01-20

"This outstanding text for a two-semester course is geared toward physics undergraduates who have completed a basic first-year physics course. The coherent treatment offers several notable features, including 300 detailed examples at various levels of difficulty [...]"

 

[Gene Naden]

Thank you

 

[jasonRF]

For upper division undergrad I still really like Griffith's text:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0134813677/?tag=pfamazon01-20
I think even the first edition is very good, and the second can be found pretty cheap used. It covers all the basics: statics, properties of matter, waves, radiation and relativistic electrodynamics. At a slightly higher level, skipping most of the statics but covering more wave topics is Heald and Marion:
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486490602.html

For graduate-level physics, Jackson (which you may have used) had aged well,
https://www.amazon.com/dp/047143132X/?tag=pfamazon01-20
but of course is not easy reading. A recently written, more streamlined graduate text is by Franklin (who published the second edition through dover)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486813711/?tag=pfamazon01-20

jason

 

[Gene Naden]

Thanks for all your suggestions. I went with Nayfeh & Brussel. It was only $28 with free shipping.

 

[jtbell]

I occasionally taught part of an undergraduate E&M sequence which uses Griffiths. I still have my copy of the 3rd edition, so it's my go-to reference when I need to look something up while posting here. Now I'm thinking about whether to spring for the 4th edition...

 

[TSny]

A recently written, more streamlined graduate text is by Franklin (who published the second edition through dover)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486813711/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Looks tempting due to the low price. Also, in July, Franklin will be publishing a book of solved problems in EM at the undergraduate level.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/048681372X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[Gene Naden]

I purchased Nayfeh and Brussel, the most recent edition, and commenced to work the problems at the ends of the chapters. So far, there have been quite a few errors in the textbook answers. One of the problems was not doable due to intractable integration. I found a publisher's solution manual on line. Here is the link: https://www.scribd.com/doc/316194927/Nayfeh-Solutions?doc_id=316194927&download=true&order=442972125

It is not free.