Field and Wave Electromagnetics (2nd Edition)
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Field and Wave Electromagnetics (2nd Edition)
David K. Cheng
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4 out of 5 stars Second will be better.......2007-04-29

This is the textbook for my sophomore electromagnetics in the electrical engineering. I have to admit I really hated this class then. One is that there are equations here and there and it usually clouds the issue. Another reason is that the author uses the deduction method to describe this topic. It is quite different from the traditional way which goes following the historical developments.

For some reasons, I need to refresh electromagnetics in later years. I re-studied this book and then found it written pretty well this time. It is well-organized and systematic. One weak spot is the explanation for physics. I think it should be made better so that it is easier for readers to absorb the knowledge instead of confused by those mathematical equations.

This book is rather classic, which means it stays at the balance of electromagnetic statics and dynamics. Many recent electromagnetic textbooks are more focused on electromagnetic waves at the expense of the electromagnetic statics. I don't think this is a wise decision since electromagnetic statics is still very important in the real world applications, for example RF IC design.

This book is published almost 20 years ago. But don't regard it as out of date. Based on my acamedic and industrial experience, it is still the best engineering electromagnetic textbook for undergraduates.

5 out of 5 stars Seeing God (not the author, the creator of the world).......2006-12-29

You will finally understand what light is - 10 years after you take the course.

Yes, 2 years after you take the course, you get to arrange waves that can go easily back and forth from wave equations(insane vector calculus) to circuit equations(simple V=IR).

Yes, combined with clever Fourier math, you get to calculate impedance as vector reflection waves, so that you see (through Smith-Chart night vision like mental glasses) the waves invisible to human eyes (but visible to some animals) and make them oscillate/up-down-mix as an EE engineer making a living.

But James Maxwell's math is the only thing interesting in the world, which the book says that well. God made the waves and nothing more. If you want to make stories out of the context or take words out of the context (many books try and do), you give yourself trouble. Yes, we give ourselves troubles all our life. And you will see that in this book. This is life.

Everyone in this world needs to understand how a wave of light is made.

2 out of 5 stars Ugh..........2006-05-11

This book was horrid. I was bombing the class all year with this text, until I bought REA's electromagnetics problem solver. Going into the final, I had maybe a B. By studying the REA book and working my [...] off before the final, I got that up to a final mark of A-. The physics students at my school used Griffith's electrmagnetics book, and they seemed to enjoy that book a lot more.

This book was slightly better when I took a waveguides course... imagine my disgust when I found out we were using this book, again! Even the waveguides sections were still quite weak, though, but they do keep me from rating this book a 1.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Text.......2006-04-11

While I took Electromagnetic Fields I & II courses using the first and last half of this text, I also purchased other solutions manuals and texts to survive. This was, to me, by far the most clearly written and well-presented text.
16 years after having taken the course, I'm doing a cover-to-cover review of this book and given my industry experience I appreciate the excellence of this book even more. The downside to using it is that I've found a real difficulty in locating the Solutions Manual, leaving me to use others where there's always changes in variables, ordering, and approaches which build in inefficiencies/overhead.

4 out of 5 stars publisher info is wrong.......2006-03-08

The publisher should be "Addison-Wesley," not "Prentice Hall" as shown in amazon.com page.
Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
Roger F. Harrington
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Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields
A Classic Reissue in the IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory
Donald G. Dudley, Series Editor
"When I begin a new research project, I clear my desk and put away all texts and reference books. Invariably, Harrington's book is the first book to find its way back to my desk. My copy is so worn that it is falling apart."--Dr. Kendall F. Casey, SRI
"In the opinion of our faculty, there is no other book available that serves as well as Professor Harrington's does as an introduction to advanced electromagnetic theory and to classic solution methods in electromagnetics."--Professor Chalmers M. Butler, Clemson University
First published in 1961, Roger Harrington's Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields is one of the most significant works in electromagnetic theory and applications. Over the past forty years, it proved to be a key resource for students, professors, researchers, and engineers who require a comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the subject. Now, IEEE is reissuing the classic in response to requests from our many members, who found it an invaluable textbook and an enduring reference for practicing engineers.
About the IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory
The IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory offers outstanding coverage of the field. It consists of new titles of contemporary interest as well as reissues and revisions of recognized classics by established authors and researchers. The series emphasizes works of long-term archival significance in electromagnetic waves and applications. Designed specifically for graduate students, researchers, and practicing engineers, the series provides affordable volumes that explore and explain electromagnetic waves beyond the undergraduate level.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Desk Reference.......2007-01-26

This is a very usefull and accurate reference. This is a very technical book that will give you the answers to wave form propagations and dynamics of waveforms without focusing on specific antenna types. Like any engineering type book it can be dry as is the nature of most technical books. Highly recommended for the graduate level and above.

5 out of 5 stars Very Good Used Book.......2005-09-21

The seller provided an accurate and complete description of the book for sale. The price was good and was delivered earlier than expected. A+++++ Seller!

5 out of 5 stars Harrington keeps things simple, but no simpler ..........2005-02-04

This is a classic graduate textbook for Advanced Electromagnetics courses. One of the main things that I liked the most about this book is Dr. Harrington's strict adherence to one of Dr. Einstein's principles: "make things simple, but no simpler" - which works perfect for a graduate-level textbook. I am not implying that this book is difficult to follow than other commonly used graduate texts ("Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics" by Balanis comes to mind). In fact, this book is much easier to read and follow than books that tend to derive everything for you (which simply ends up cluttering your thought process with too much detail instead of focussing on the main concept in question). Read the chapter on "Cylindrical Waves" and compare it with its equivalent in Balanis's book, and you will understand my point. This book is quintessential for graduate students contemplating a career in Computational Electromagnetics.

5 out of 5 stars Thank you Roger !.......2005-01-28

When I was first introduced to Electro-Magnetics (EM), I thought of Harrington's book as one of these oldies which senior professors have sitting on a dusty shelf. To the novice who I was it lacked the modern flair of the recent publications. Time went on, I took classes which tought me mathematical & numerical recipes, yet left me with little understanding of EM phenomenons. Soon enough and by my own fault I forgot the basic principles while concentrating on the math, and I lost interest. As a microwave design engineer later on I kept bumping into problems which had not yet been discussed in the litterature or for which I needed a simpler solution than the numerical approaches that are in fashion. I looked for the book which would offer the right mix of theoritical treatment and engineering relevance for the likes of me. I noticed that Harrington's was the most quoted one in the litterature just about, and thought that there must be a good reason for this. So I ordered a copy. I went through it with a pen in hand and solved the exercises at the end of each chapter. It was frustrating at first, because I had long lost the habit of manipulating the basic math of EM. I kept at it however, as the more I read the more I realised how much I ignored. I even got the taste for EM over time. Harrington's thus became a reference to which I turn almost every time I face a new EM problem. From a didactic point of view it is about the best textbook I have ever come across. Also it has more relevance to modern EM engineering than it seems at first sight: one will even find a mention of the coplanar waveguide (p.135)! I warmly recommend it to both the engineer and the student. But remember: read it with a pen in hand, and do the exercises at the end of each chapter! A couple of shortcomings I ought to mention though: the stationary formula for the input impedance of a wire dipole radiator (7.9) is not well explained (see Jordan & Balmain's, 14.09), nor are stationary formulae for the impedance matrix of general networks (3.8). Still: a very good buy. Harrington's "Field Computation by Moment Methods" is an other good one by the way.

5 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT.......1999-06-19

I was introduced to this classic while I was a master's (M.Tech) student at IIT Kharagpur, India in 1981.

Prof. Harrington's very pithy approach provoked me to think deeply on the subject. It is because of this book that my interest in the subject has been alive and vibrant today.

I met Prof. Harrington for the 1st time at the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1993. Prof. Harrington comforted me by saying that he has no plans to do any alterantions to this classic text in the near future.

This book is not for the indolent and hence is not for causal reading like many lengthy and `verbose' textbooks on this subject. However, if I have ever an opportunity for organizing a 1st-year graduate course on EM theory, I shall use Harrington. Why wouldn't you ?
Field Theory of Guided Waves (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Thank you Robert
  • Complete & extensive work on rf technology
  • The "Divina Commedia" of Applied Electromagnetism!
Field Theory of Guided Waves (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
Robert E. Collin
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ASIN: 0879422378

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"Co-published with Oxford University Press Long considered the most comprehensive account of electromagnetic theory and analytical methods for solving waveguide and cavity problems, this new Second Edition has been completely revised and thoroughly updated -- approximately 40ew material! Packed with examples and applications FIELD THEORY OF GUIDED WAVES provides solutions to a large number of practical structures of current interest. The book includes an exceptionally complete discussion of scalar and Dyadic Green functions. Both a valuable review and source of basic information on applied mathematical topics and a hands-on source for solution methods and techniques, this book belongs on the desk of all engineers working in microwave and antenna systems!"

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5 out of 5 stars Thank you Robert.......2007-05-26

A good reference for the student, a good textbook for the professor who teaches a course on either the basics or the advanced principles, a good help for the design engineer who wishes to refresh his memory on the theory.

5 out of 5 stars Complete & extensive work on rf technology.......2003-03-12

After you read this book you will think that Jackson's 'Classical Electrodynamic' is brief and easy. I was required to learn for my job the physics of waveguides.
I purchased this book because it was recommended by Jackson. In fact Jacksons chapter on waveguide is a summery of what you can find it here.
Although very difficullt to read you can find all information about guided waves you need. I was never required to go beyond this book.

5 out of 5 stars The "Divina Commedia" of Applied Electromagnetism!.......2000-06-10

Simply staten this is one of the finest books ever written in applied electromagnetics.There is a deligthful analytical treatment of everything related to wave-propagation in waveguides.But Mr Collin is not a dry-hearted teacher ,he is able to explain very complicated mathematical instruments with a very clear and fresh approach.Expecially good is the Green Function's treatment which is the best i ever saw in any book.Reading this book you will be able to progress from the intermediate to the very advanced level in Applied Electromagnetism.While it is true that nowadays there is a lot of software around that analyses almost every conceivable structure,it is also true that a analytical study gives you the possibility to sort the important from the accessory ,a thing no computer system is still able to do.I reccomend this book to anyone interested in advanced Electromagnetism.Only bad point is the price ,which is too much high expecially with the weak Euro we have now .On the whole a "top" book:5 stars!
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
Magdy F. Iskander
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An in-depth understanding of electromagnetics is important to all electrical engineers regardless of specialization. Iskander presents the phenomena associated with electromagnetic fields and waves without bogging down the reader with equations and mathematical relations, keeping emphasis on the interesting subject and exciting applications of electromagnetics. The text describes the properties of the static electric and magnetic fields in terms of their charge and current sources before introducing Maxwell's equations. Additional features include a detailed description of reflection and refraction of plane waves of oblique incidence on a dielectric surface, a detailed introduction to antennas, comprehensive treatment of transmission lines, and an introductory section on numerical techniques. Many examples are used in each chapter to demonstrate the physical interpretation of vector operations and electromagnetic field quantities.

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3 out of 5 stars Ok Book.......2005-09-29

The book itself is only so-so I feel. I have taken two classes with Dr. Iskander and he uses it as a reference, and does point out where the errors are. The classes I find were/are great, he clearly knows and loves the material. The book though does not as clearly explain the principles as others I have come across.

4 out of 5 stars Good book.......2002-11-24

We used this book for a two quarter sequence in EM. The book is very solid and thorough in the begining with Maxwell's Equations. It is a little empty concerning static fields with only one chpater devoted to it. It is, however, a very readable texbook with most of the answers in the back

3 out of 5 stars like the book? try dealing with the author.......2002-01-29

I think that the book was alright but only because the author was teaching the course. The man is insane to be sure. Some of the lost details were filled in by his lecture while others were left as an exercise. I wish that I never had seen this book or taken this course.

1 out of 5 stars iskander.......2000-03-30

We used this book in our electromagnetics class at UT Austin. I did not like this book at all. It did not clearly explain many concepts. Further there were many errors in the book, for example, in the sample problems. The result was that you were never sure if you didn't understand what was being explained or if in fact the book was just plain wrong. This is not a good book for learning electromagnetics.

4 out of 5 stars good textbook.......2000-03-28

very comprehensive textbook. Students can simply understand the material by reading it with decent mathematics. Pictures are very useful. The mathematics are decent. The author can make the textbook more concise. A good textbook if u really want to understand electromagnetism.
Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves, and Radiation
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A excellent introduction to EM Waves
Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves, and Radiation
George Bekefi , and Alan H. Barrett
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5 out of 5 stars A excellent introduction to EM Waves.......2000-09-21

This is a excellent text for undergraduates in physics or EE to understand the fundamental electromagnetic properties of vibrations, waves and radiation. It supplements Purcell's very well. Having studied it, you are equipped with solid understanding and can go on into Optics.
Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • This is a graduate level book
  • Poorly Written and almost no examples...
  • Best EMag book I've come across that's still in print
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Simon Ramo , John R. Whinnery , and Theodore Van Duzer
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This comprehensive revision begins with a review of static electric and magnetic fields, providing a wealth of results useful for static and time-dependent fields problems in which the size of the device is small compared with a wavelength. Some of the static results such as inductance of transmission lines calculations can be used for microwave frequencies. Familiarity with vector operations, including divergence and curl, are developed in context in the chapters on statics. Packed with useful derivations and applications.

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4 out of 5 stars This is a graduate level book.......2007-08-29

Being a doctoral student in electrical engineering and having a B.S. in physics, I would say this is definitly a graduate level text. The reader must have a strong background in math, being able use formulas such as Legendre polynomials and vector cal with full understanding. It helps to have been exposed to this material. If you are looking for a book with more broken down explainations and examples, I would suggest Intro to Electrodynamics by David Griffiths.

1 out of 5 stars Poorly Written and almost no examples..........2005-05-23

I'm no genius in RF Engineering but I have come across a lot of good Microwave Engineering books and this is NOT one of them. More to the point, I work entirely with other RF engineers and every person I showed this book to shuddered and began spouting off profanities at it.

Although the book does start out simply enough, the chapters tend to give only a brief overview of the material. The real trouble starts when you try to work the problems at the end of each chapter. With no solid examples or clear explanations of how to proceed, I found myself referring to my other RF textbooks for support.

I have no doubt that if you are borderline Genius, this book will make perfect sense to you. ...But for us less than genius personality types, keep looking, your book is still out there.

4 out of 5 stars Best EMag book I've come across that's still in print.......2005-04-28

I refer to and review this book often. It has been updated and has the essential topics such as transmission lines, which is well covered. It also has interesting things like holography and optical image processing in the back, and is rather self contained. Like all great textbooks, you have to read it carefully and work out problems to build understanding. Ramo was the R in TRW as my former emag professor would say...For people who criticize this book, have you read the competition (Cheng)? For a slightly easier approach try Magid's "Electromagnetic Fields, Energy, and Waves". I think Jordan's "Emag Waves and Radiating Systems" is excellent w/regards to HF antennas and maxwell's equations, but it is very old.

5 out of 5 stars A Classic for a Reason!!!.......2002-08-23

This book may have some perplexing early chapters on basic electricity and magnetism, but no more so than any other intermediate-level physics or engineering text on E&M. That's the nature of the beast - it's a highly mathematical subject. If you want a "cookbook" for the practicing radar/antenna/comm. technician who never wanted/had to learn the theory, look elsewhere. Where this text really shines is not in the "Fields and Waves", but in the "in Communication Electronics." I have not seen a clearer presentation of transmission lines, period, and I own a number of other popular (and widely-taught and cited) E&M books at this level, as well as a rather muddy book on the specific subject of transmission lines. You will not find another similar book with this thorough coverage of real-life applications, simultaneously general enough that it's useful in a broad range of specialty fields. The figures are in general both very clear and very useful.

4 out of 5 stars Entry Level.......2000-03-02

It is a good book but not for undergraduates. That is to say, different books are for different people at different entry level. It always refers back to previous chapters hence the reader is not lost when it mentioned things that are mentioned in previous chapters.
General Vector and Dyadic Analysis: Applied Mathematics in Field Theory (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • long awaited book
General Vector and Dyadic Analysis: Applied Mathematics in Field Theory (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
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Unmatched in its coverage of the topic, the first edition of GENERALIZED VECTOR AND DYADIC ANALYSIS helped revolutionize the treatment of boundary-value problems, establishing itself as a classic in the field. This expanded, revised edition is the most comprehensive book available on vector analysis founded upon the new method symbolic vector. GENERALIZED VECTOR AND DYADIC ANALYSIS presents a copious list of vector and dyadic identities, along with various forms of Green's theorems with derivations. In addition, this edition presents an historical study of the past mis-understandings and contradictions that have occurred in vector analysis presentations, furthering the reader's understanding of the subject.

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5 out of 5 stars long awaited book.......2001-12-29

If you ever came across the need of expressing vector operators in curvilinear coordinates, while writing numerical codes or solving PDEs in generalised coordinates, then you might have felt the need of a rigourous presentation of the subject.
Rigorous yet usable, I would say. This is not a book for pure mathematicians (the theorem you need is at pag. 435 consisting of one line saying the proof follows from the 2000 previous Lemma-theorem-corollary scattered all around...). The author has the physical problems well in his mind (he's Emeritus at Univ of Michigan, dept of Electrical Engineering) and makes frequent references to where in physics or geometry you will encounter such mathematical entities.
Chapter 8, devoted to the history of vector analysis, makes you clear why you haven't been able to find a neat rigorous presentation so far. This digression (I'm reluctant to use this expression for it's not a minor chapter in my opinion) gives you an even sharper feeling of what's the core of the matter by comparing critically different approaches.
The first introductory chapters on geometry, coordinate systems, dyadics provide a sound general background, presenting derivatives of vectors in generalised coordinate system from the beginning, resulting in a powerful and unifying exposition of the matter. All is extremely clear, a characteristic of the book in its whole.
The author always stress upon the transformation properties of the objects which have been defined, thus clarifying their meaning and mathematical character.
The appendix on vector analysis in the special theory of relativity is enjoyable and makes you clear how E and B can be treated as vectors even if they transform like the components of a tensor (OK, you already knew that, but you were using tensor analysis from the start, didn't you?).
There is much more in this book, which I would suggest to keep as a reference to any physicist, applied mathematician, biologist, engineer, numerical people and (even!) mathematician (developing communication skills...). First years students, which are always a bit confused on why one should use vectors at all and having accepted that think that everything is a vector, which is not, should definitely start with this book. Next time I will be asked to teach anything related to mechanics, I will adopt this book for the fundamental mathematics (but also check the excellent Biscari-Poggi-Virga Mechanics Notebook, 1999 Liguori ed. Napoli (IT) ).
It's also an excellent way to approach what you want next, which is likely to be tensor analysis which this book, unfortunately, cannot cover (can you hear me, Professor Tai?...).
Radiation and Scattering of Waves (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Radiation of Scattering Waves
  • Just like a good wine !
Radiation and Scattering of Waves (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
Leopold B. Felsen , and Nathan Marcuvitz
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ASIN: 0780310888

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As relevant today as it was when it was first published 20 years ago, this book is a classic in the field. Nowhere else can you find more complete coverage of radiation and scattering of waves. The chapter: Asympotic Evaluation of Integrals is considered the definitive source for asympotic
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1 out of 5 stars Radiation of Scattering Waves.......2006-11-15

This book is terrible. It is nearly illegible. The text font is too small and too dainty. It lacks coherent explanation of concepts. It has very few examples and those that it has are not worked out in detail. The mathematical notation used is well horrible. This book's notation is so different from Chew's Waves and Fields in Inhomogenous Media (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory) and Kong's Electromagnetic Waves that equations are near unrecognizable. This is just another example of a book that is intended for reference only and not for the purpose of instruction. I am a Physicist whose speciality is electromagnetics and this book has inspired me to write a real textbook for this subject matter. I am not saying that there is not useful information in this book. It is just not explained coherently for students. If it were possible I would give this book 0 stars. Please do not waste your time and considerable money on this book. Buy Chews or Balanis Electromagnetics books instead.

5 out of 5 stars Just like a good wine !.......2002-07-11

This book is recognized as a classical worldwide. Indeed, it is the most comprehensive book on wave propagation, diffraction, and scattering to be found nowadays over 20 years after it was written. No wander it is referred to as "the bible" of electromagnetics. It is a must for any one in the business of electromagnetics, analytical or numerical and it is the only book I own that is frequently used both for research and as a graduate course textbook.
Field Computation by Moment Methods (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
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  • Excellent reference
  • First of its kind, needs additional material and an update
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"An IEEE reprinting of this classic 1968 edition, FIELD COMPUTATION BY MOMENT METHODS is the first book to explore the computation of electromagnetic fields by the most popular method for the numerical solution to electromagnetic field problems. It presents a unified approach to moment methods by employing the concepts of linear spaces and functional analysis. Written especially for those who have a minimal amount of experience in electromagnetic theory, this book illustrates theoretical and mathematical concepts to prepare all readers with the skills they need to apply the method of moments to new, engineering-related problems.

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4 out of 5 stars Excellent reference.......2002-12-31

This book is not only excellent, but is also a very important book, because it is the first (and the only one I know of) of its kind. Kudos to Mr. Harrington.

This is not a text aimed at beginners, however the author would do well to present the text in a more accessible manner in future editions.

4 out of 5 stars First of its kind, needs additional material and an update.......1998-09-16

This is the first book written on the use of the method of moments for solving electric, magnetic and electromagnetic boundary value problems. It is an extremely important work, since it treats electromagnetic theory by a powerful network theory approach and makes it easier to understand how to formulate and solve scattering problems. I would like to see it rewritten with additional explanitory material. It is somewhat terse, in parts, and I believe it to be important enough to add more. In addition Mr Harrington needs to update it, to reflect what he has learned since its first appearance. The book needs to be accessible to a wider audience.
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