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Electrodynamics: Volume 1 of Pauli Lectures on Physics (Dover Books on Physics)

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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.

If you take a look, then you will see that
"Pauli Lectures on Physics"
should
remind you something.
Landau&Lifshits!
Exactly!
So my opinion is that the Landau books are written
in a tight relationship with Pauli lectures.
But everybody is aware of that obvious things
for Landau are not so clear for a graduate student.
So Pauli lectures fill "Landau' "obviously" " gaps
Perfectly!
My advice to graduate students who
are struggling with Landau - open
Pauli lectures and very soon it will
be obvious for you ;)