History of electromagnetism - time line
Web
site for Phys 321, Autumn 2004
Web site for Phys 322,
Winter 2005
Web site for Phys 323,
Spring 2005
Equations to remember for 321
Equations to remember for 322
Equations to remember for 323
UW lecture demos for electrostatics
Books
Introduction to Electrodynamics, by David J. Griffiths (Prentice-Hall). The near-standard undergraduate text.
Electromagnetism, Pollack and Stump. Resources (Michigan State University) and self tests.
The Feynmann Lectures in Physics, Volume 2 (Addison-Wesley). A genius's perspective.
Classical Electrodynamics, John D. Jackson (Wiley). The standard graduate text.
The Flying Circus of Physics, Jearl Walker
Introduction
History of electromagnetism - time line
General sites
Hyperphysics - Electromagnetism ActivPhysics Online - Electromagnetism Electromagnetism - Open Directory Project Lecture notes on Classical Electromagnetism ( Richard Fitzpatrick, U. Texas) History of electromagnetism - time line Electromagnetism animations (PSU) Book on E&M by Bo Thide (Upsilon)
Applets for plotting electrostatic fields
2D Electrostatic field - (Paul Falstad) 3D Electrostatic field - (Paul Falstad) Probe charge in user-choosable electric potential (Physlets at Davidson College) Put charges where you want and plot the resulting field and potential contours (CalTech)
Fourier analysis Applet by Paul Falstad
Applets for plotting magnetostatic and electromagnetic fields
3D magnetic field Lorentz force on charged particle (no E-field) Lorentz force on charged particle (general case, Fu-Kwun Wang) Motional emf? dc electric motor Origin of magnetic force between wires thanks to Lorentz invariance (CalTech)
Magnetism
Levitating frogs and strawberries
Electrodynamics
Linearly polarized plane wave animation Circularly and elliptically polarized plane wave 2D ac magnetic and electric fields - (Paul Falstad) Fields of a moving charge (CalTech) Loops of lines of force On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies - by A. Einstein
Radiation
Handout by Prof Miller Electric dipole radiation on Wolfram
Metals
Skin depth calculator
Dispersion
Group velocity applets
Schroedinger wavepacket Light faster than c Light slows to a crawl Light stopped
Waveguides
EM wave movies Waveguide modes applet Waveguide mode diagrams Cavity modes applet