Electrodynamics: Volume 1 of Pauli Lectures on Physicsvolume 1

by Charles P. Enz, Henry Rafalsky Lewis, Seymour Margulies, et al.

Book Overview

These lectures covering topics basic to classical and modern physics were given by Pauli at the Zurich Federal Institute, where they were transcribed by his collaborators. They have now been... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486414574
• ISBN13: 9780486414577
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A great master teaches electrodynamics

Pauli, who was rated by Born to be as good as Einstein, taught theoretical physics for many years at Technische Hochschule at Zurich. This book is labored on notes taken by students from his lectures on Electrodynamics. This is the book I consult when I am not happy with the explanations in the usual books. If it happens that Pauli touches the subject, I always get what I looked for: conceptual clarity and very good algorithms. Yes, because Pauli, one of the most profound physicists ever, believed that a physicist must calculate. He even "practiced" in his spare time! I especially like, in this book, the derivation of the laws for RLC circuits, rigorously in the field theory way, and absolutely clear and elegant. This is not an introduction to electricity. It is a rather sophisticated introduction to that part of theoretical physics called electrodynamics. In this role, it is certainly among the very best.