Product Description
This book is an electromagnetics classic. Originally published in 1941, it has been used by many generations of students, teachers, and researchers ever since. Since it is classic electromagnetics, every chapter continues to be referenced to this day.

This classic reissue contains the entire, original edition first published in 1941. Additionally, two new forewords by Dr. Paul E. Gray (former MIT President and colleague of Dr. Stratton) and another by Dr. Donald G. Dudley, Editor of the IEEE Press Series on E/M Waves on the significance of the book's contribution to the field of Electromagnetics.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 7 reviews)

Very good reference for Electrostatics, Magnetics and EM

This is a pretty good book - simply one of the best references I've seen that dwells a lot on special cases in magnetics and electrostatics (I haven't looked at the rest in detail, but I know how clear the explanations are). If you are a researcher, or someone who wants to know the deeper math and underlying assumptions behind all the theory in this field, this is a very good book. As a researcher myself, I deal with special cases where the normal equations - the ones you learnt in introductory undergrad/high-school physics don't really apply. This book is a good reference for me. The author deals in depth with interface conditions in electrostatics and magnetics, boundary problems and the fields in anisotropic materials where the magnetic induction need not vary linearly with the magnetic intensity. Stratton teaches us how to deal with situations where the magnetic permeability and electric permittivity are dependent on position.

I found this book after reading old technical papers (dating back to the 1950's), that referred to this book as their source. Written by a very distinguished author, it's math is not as presumptuous as most books in the field. It seems much more friendly spreading knowledge. Another book that I would recommend is the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by J.C. Maxwell (volume 2) - on magnetism.
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism: Volume 2 (Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences)

Both these books are quite old - and some of the notations used are different from the ones you might encounter. The Stratton book is, in that sense, more up to date. The Maxwell book deals with a lot of basic vector calculus - by basic I mean the simple calculus that people used in the 19th century to derive formulas and churn out ideas. As such, most of them are quite elegant.

If you're a physics student or a researcher, this is a must-have addition to your collection.
March 12, 2008

The most complete...

The most complete and detailed book about Electromagnetic theory I have read so far!
April 30, 2007

A worthy, unique, but dated book

This book is not suitable as an introductory text because it assumes its readers have a mature understanding of Maxwell's equations and high mathematical sophistication. I have no further opinion of it as a teaching tool, having only used it as a reference for professional work in the electromagnetic sciences. In this role it never fails to provide a systematic and rigorous discussion of the topics it covers. The book is particularly comprehensive in areas of potential theory and contains the solutions to many problems that I have not been able to find elsewhere. Often these solutions are assumed as background for current research publications in EM so having access to detailed solutions can be very helpful. However, the book has three significant drawbacks as a reference: (1) The sections are not written to be standalone so one often has to do much work looking up early equations and notations (2) The mathematical techniques are, expectedly, dated. For example it relies more heavily on Green's Therom than current approaches (which largely avoid explicit use of Green's Therom by employing Green's Functions) and seeks explicit solutions where numerical techniques could be more easily employed (3) The material on wave propagation and scattering is limited. All that said, for the right person in the right field, this book is a real gem.
February 09, 2007

Simply the best...Old classic...Truly ageless

To the curious minds of today and tomorrow:

As you can gather from the other reviews on this book, Stratton's magnum opus is time-honored, and kept in highest regard. If you checked the reference list of all modern day books on electromagnetic theory, you would immediately discover that there is always Stratton's on the list. And that should be your hint.

The prose used in the book is simply lucid. No corner is cut in the discussion. Almost everthing presented therein is worked out from scratch, and the discussion of the analyses is as rigorous as they possibly can be.

I believe this book would be most useful to those who are interested in gaining a truly deep understanding of electromagnetic phenomena. But here's a word of caution...this book needs to be read very slowly and carefully. Every sentence in the book is a gem, on which the reader needs to reflect :-)

I highly recommend this book. And I wish someone would publish
it again, so that the current and next generations of curious minds will not be denied widespread access to such a masterpiece!

Cheers,

Dr. E.
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August 14, 2005

Simply.. The Master of The EM Theory Refferences

What it really distinguishes this book is it explains the crucial issues to understand the real physical concepts behind the electromagnetic theory. for instance, the explanation why one over the square root of the multiplication of epsilon and mu gives the velocity of wave, check any book it will say the typical statement "mathematical consequences". The coverage is superb when it comes to the field source and in the subsequent chapters relating it to the boundary conditions. For engineers, this book is not a textbook, it is a book you read to establish a substantially strong background to analyze any electromagnetic problem. For a physicist, it is essential textbook to understand EM theory. Unfortunately, it is out of print, I hope every one knows this fabulous book or want to have it to send an email to prof. Donald G. Dudley, the editor of the IEEE series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory, to reprint it again. This his email: dudley@ece.arizona.edu
July 02, 2004

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