Elements of Electromagnetics (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) [Hardcover]

Matthew N. O. Sadiku (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2000 | ISBN-10: 019513477X | ISBN-13: 978-0195134773 | Edition: 3

Designed for the standard sophomore- and junior-level course in electromagnetics, Elements of Electromagnetics, 3/e, continues the highly regarded pedagogical tradition established by its successful previous editions. It offers students the most lucid and interesting presentation available of fundamental concepts and applications in electromagnetics. Revised and updated, this third edition adds a new chapter on modern topics covering microwaves, electromagnetic interference and compatibility, fiber optics, and more. A solutions manual accompanies the text.

Features
� Begins with vector analysis and applies it gradually throughout the text, avoiding the frequent interruptions that occur when mathematical background is interspersed sporadically throughout a text
� Incorporates many helpful pedagogical features including chapter introductions and summaries, boxed formulas, multiple-choice review questions, and thoroughly worked-out examples followed by practice exercises
� Treats mathematical theorems separately from physical concepts, making it easier for students to grasp the theorems
� Devotes an entire chapter to modern computer tools used in electromagnetics
� Motivates student learning with more than 100 illustrative examples and over 600 figures
� Provides a balanced presentation of time-varying fields and static fields, preparing students for employment in today's industrial and manufacturing sectors

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is an EXCELLENT intermediate-level text, which covers basic vector calculus, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics, wave propagation in free space and in waveguides, antennas, and transmission lines. This is essential for work in the RF, microwave, and optical frequency rangse." --Walter M. Nunn, Florida Institute of Technology

"This is a very good, systematic, scientifically and mathematically correct introduction to electromagnetics."--Carolyne M. Van Vliet Florida International University

About the Author

Matthew N. O. Sadiku is at Temple University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 784 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (August 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 019513477X
• ISBN-13: 978-0195134773
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #848,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Old dog learning new trick, November 16, 2009

By 

Mid-life student (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Elements of Electromagnetics (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)

I purchased this book as an additional reference for an electromagnetics course I am taking for a master's program. My background is chemical engineering so the only previous exposure I have had to electromagnetics was in sophomore physics. The book recommended for the course was Cheng's Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics. I have also checked out Electromagnetics for Engineers by Ulaby. So can compare them all. Sadiku's book has the most thorough review of vectors, coordinate transformation and vector calculus. For a guy like me who finished undergraduate studies 15 years ago, this was very attractive. Instead buying another math book to review this material, it was all contained in the same book. The other EM books I compared also had the math review, but Sadiku's is the most complete. Cheng's is much too terse. If you are going straight into graduate school, this thorough treatment would likely be a waste of space for you. If you are the typical upper division undergraduate, the math review will likley be useful. For electrostatics and magnetostatics, I have found Sadiku to be the most thorough. He develops all of the equations carefully, and his treatment of boundary value problems was much more complete than the other three texts. For Maxwell's equations and plane waves, I liked Ulaby a little better. Sadiku puts everything into one chapter - the wave equation, polarization, propagation in lossy media, normal and oblique transmission and reflection. I preferred breaking this into some pieces to digest carefully. The sections on new applications of EM principles are welcome additions to the text and help to connect the material to new technology that is relevant.

One area where Sadiku shines is in the example problems. For one, there are lots of worked examples - more than Cheng or Ulaby. He does not assume the reader can follow great leaps, but instead he works through the mathematic operations step by step. This has been useful for me. It has helped me to see how to think through the problems and understand what the phyiscal phenonema are. It also takes the fear of the math out of the picture. Once I could see how the problems are worked, I realized I actually knew the math well enough. Cheng on the other provides very few examples and skips enough steps so as to make the examples intimidating instead of illuminating. Ulaby has lots of examples (more than Cheng), but is also a little terse in the explantions.

Ulaby is the best in the summary of equations and concepts in reference tables. He compiles all of the most useful equations into tables that are easy to find and use. For example in the section on lossy media, there are about 20 equations summarized in table. The most general case is covered, but so are the three most common simplications of the general case - lossless dielectric, low-loss dielectric and good conductor. In the other texts, you have to flip through the chapter on lossy media - back and forth - to dig up the equations needed. Ulaby also has a modern lay out that is very appealing. It just makes the text less intimidating.

Cheng is a very compact and economical in use of space - but too terse for me. I might recommend it to those who already know the subject and need a reference to quickly review key ideas. He skimps on diagrams and skips too many steps in solving problems.

Sadiku is also up to date in format and color. He uses diagrams where needed, and there are some clever tables show analogies between electric and magnetic phenomena.Overall, Sadiku is a solid reference. I have seen other reviewers comment that the 3rd edition was chocked full of editorial errors. I have not seen any issues with the 4th edition. However, I am not reading this as carefully as the Ulaby and Cheng books (as required by my class), so I may have missed some issues.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Complete ..., June 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Elements of Electromagnetics (Hardcover)

Theory wise, the book exposes things relatively well. However, I cannot get over how thoroughly maddening it is to be second-guessing the answers in the back of the book when you're trying to learn by doing. For ...sake, it's the 3rd edition and it's still full of errors! Inexcusable! There's no way to build confidence in problem solving when many of the solutions to the odd numbered problems are wrong! No matter how clear the theory, it's still a work in progress, incomplete at best. It is, quite frankly, shameful to be passing this book off as some sort of learning tool.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lifesaver, October 20, 2001

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Elements of Electromagnetics (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)

Sadiku knows how to teach. The material is presented in a very carefully organized manner, each logical step explained clearly. A little patience and persistence and you can really make progress.