New E&M Text by Wald - Princeton Press 30% Off

[Frabjous]

Cool! What are your first impressions of the text?

It is clearly a physics text, not a mathematical methods book. My one word description is “Clean”. He knows the path he wants to tread and he does not wander from it. It’s short with 225 pages of text, but it is more than just a set of lecture notes. If you do not know the math he uses, you will need supplementary material. That being said, the math doesn’t look scary. I think I will need to refresh my knowledge of Green’s functions. After thumbing through it, I am still looking forward to reading it.

 

[hutchphd]

Mine came about an hour ago. It seems very well formatted and logically presented. My first impression is that for me this is a perfect recapitulation. This means that there is not very much new to me (an old dog) yet I am certain I will learn a lot. Just like Christmas morning. If I find any major warts I will bring them up.

 

[dude662]

It is clearly a physics text, not a mathematical methods book. My one word description is “Clean”. He knows the path he wants to tread and he does not wander from it. It’s short with 225 pages of text, but it is more than just a set of lecture notes. If you do not know the math he uses, you will need supplementary material. That being said, the math doesn’t look scary. I think I will need to refresh my knowledge of Green’s functions. After thumbing through it, I am still looking forward to reading it.

It is literally lecture notes though. I was one of his students when he was making the book

 

[Demystifier]

Interestingly, the book has no references.