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Electrostatics
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This book 'Electrostatics' on the physics of electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetic fields and waves. It is written mainly with the physics student in mind, although it will also be of use to students of electrical and electronic engineering. The major aspects of the electrical field including atomic structure and basic electricity, direct and alternating current, basic circuit theory, three-phase circuits, single phase, transformers, generators, and motors.
All studerlts of physics need to understand the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism. E&M is central to the study of physics, and central tc understanding the developments of the last two hundred years of not just science, but technology. But the core of electricity and magnetism can be difficult to understand - many of the ideas are counterintui.tive and difficult to appreciate. This as a basis, it is possible to develop all of electromagnetic theory from a single experimental postulate founded on Coulomb's law. An enriched understanding of magnetism results, and the Biot-Savart law is a consequence rather than a postulate.
The Lorentz force law is seen to be a transformation of Coulomb's law occasioned by the relativistic interpretation of force. Upon accepting the Lorentz force law as fundamental, one is able to derive Faraday's emf law and Maxwell's equations as additional consequences. This procedure provides the further satisfaction of demonstrating that the fields contained in the Lorentz force law and in Maxwell's equations are one and the same, a conclusion not possible in the conventional development of the subject.
All studerlts of physics need to understand the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism. E&M is central to the study of physics, and central tc understanding the developments of the last two hundred years of not just science, but technology. But the core of electricity and magnetism can be difficult to understand - many of the ideas are counterintui.tive and difficult to appreciate. This as a basis, it is possible to develop all of electromagnetic theory from a single experimental postulate founded on Coulomb's law. An enriched understanding of magnetism results, and the Biot-Savart law is a consequence rather than a postulate.
The Lorentz force law is seen to be a transformation of Coulomb's law occasioned by the relativistic interpretation of force. Upon accepting the Lorentz force law as fundamental, one is able to derive Faraday's emf law and Maxwell's equations as additional consequences. This procedure provides the further satisfaction of demonstrating that the fields contained in the Lorentz force law and in Maxwell's equations are one and the same, a conclusion not possible in the conventional development of the subject.
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