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Introduction to Magnetic Materials

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What a find! The text is addressed towards a broad audience and assumes only first-year (freshman) physics as a prerequisite. Beginning with a welcome review of basic definitions, it moves smoothly into all the core topics of magnetism. The explanations are clear and the derivations are carefully worked out. End-of-chapter problems are provided. Particularly interesting were the chapter on experimental methods and the most straightforward discussion on units I have yet seen (units in magnetism are notoriously confusing).

Although published in the 70's, the book still has value if you want to learn the fundamentals. I literally couldn't put the book down after I got started, and before I knew it, I had learned so much reading most of it over the weekend....

Cullity has written a good reference text on general magnetic materials, but I do not think this should be used as an introductory text. The revisions make this a much improved text compared to the last edition, with numerous new figures, sections, and updates. However, I find that Cullity's approach, which is very technique-centered, is somewhat for the beginner to understand. That said, this is a good reference when choosing characterization techniques.