Maxwell's Equations Without the Calculus

I was looking for "Maxwell's Equations For Dummies" and found this fine book. I learned about Maxwell's equations in college but never had any need for them in my professional life. This is a very good refresher.

As the author acknowledges, an in-depth understanding of Maxwell's equations requires an in-depth understanding of fields, vectors, and calculus.Nevertheless, Brooks provides visualizations that inspire the reader to learn the math required for a more complete understanding of some of the most interesting and fundamental areas of science.

This book concentrates on the physics of Maxwell's Equations. Most books on Maxwell's Equations concentrate on vector calculus which is necessary for a complete understanding and if one is going to use the equations for design and analysis. But most books get so focused on the math they minimize the physics and, after all, Maxwell's Equations describe physical phenomena. That understanding must come first before seeing how the math allows problems to be solved. If you are interested in Maxwell's Equations read this book first (it can be read in an evening).

Unfortunately the technology is a large part of the problem, although not all of it. The lack of Greek characters requires putting all equations in images. In and of itself not bad. However my kindle reader does not supply zoom, but only in this book. I can happily zoom other books. Thus the equations appear in about 2 point type and might as well not be there at all. Secondly, just saying in words what the equations say in symbols is not that helpful. It certainly doesn't provide any further insight into what is going on. A few paragraphs of how to read the equation is more useful. But there is no mention of, much less insight into why a moving charge has additional properties than a stationary charge. Or into any other of the miraculous phenomenon of electromagnetism.

Short, concise and useful. I recommend this an introductory read for those interested in understanding Maxwell's equations. Well worth the price.

great explanations of some really complicated stuff. there is some calculus but author explains

24 pages long, expected more even though it was reasonably cheap. Not a 'book' at all. More like a pamphlet. Other Kindle books on similar topics have a lot more content. Save your money and get something else.

This book has a very poorly written few pages about Maxwell's Equations. The bunk of the text is actually "Devotions for Quilters by Melanie Maldonado", an also poorly written text. Religion has no place in a science book. This is a scam.

It's 40 pages on my android phone. I was able to follow the text and I'm not an engineer. I did high-school calculus many years ago but that wasn't necessary or helpful.The thing that puzzled me about Maxwell's equations was how he managed to predict the speed of electromagnetic radiation. I can understand from this book how he could predict the existence of such waves, but not how he predicted their speed.One other point to make is that the equations didn't work well on my small android screen. Too much zooming in needed, so it was hard to go back and forward between the equations and the explanation of the terms. However I recognise that this is a limitation of the interface on the small screen.I'm glad to have read it but also glad I didn't shell out to buy the actual book.

It explains the Maxwell equations well enough. However, it is a bit too expansive for just a few pages of slightly bigger than A5. Worst still, the postage is also far too expensive, for something that you can post it with a first class stamp.

Not well written and containing a few typos. I found this work confusing - even making allowance for the difficult subject. I was very little the wiser after the second reading - there won't be a third!.