Electricity, Magnetism, and Light (Hardcover)

Review/Preview Electricity: Its Uses and Its Visualization
1 A History of Electricity and Magnetism, to Conservation of Charge
2 Coulomb's law for Static Electricity, Principle of Superposition
3 The Electric Field
4 Gauss's Law: Flux and Charge Are Related
5 Electrical Potential Energy and Electrical Potential
6 Capacitance
7 Ohm's Law: Electric Current Is Driven by Emf, and Limited by Electrical Resistance
8 Batteries, Kirchhoff's Rules, and Complex Circuits
9 The Magnetism of Magnets
10 How Electric Currents Interact with Magnetic Fields
11 How Electric Currents Make Magnetic Fields: The Biot-Savart Law and Amp` ere's Law
12 Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction
13 Mechanical Implications of Faraday's Law: Motors and Generators
14 Alternating Current Phenomena: Signals and Power
15 Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Radiation
16 Optics
Appendix A General Mathematics Review
Appendix B Introduction to Spreadsheets
Appendix C The Periodic Table
Appendix D Solutions to Odd-Numbered Problems