Save 10% when you buy them both! This 2-volume set represents an important foundation work of modern physics. It brings to final form Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism and rigorously derives his general equations of field theory.
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Classical Field Theory by Davison E. Soper Geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text offers an accessible approach to continuum mechanics, electrodynamics and the mechanics of electrically polarized media, and gravity. 1976 edition.
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