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Physics of Ferromagnetism (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

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Writing a doctoral thesis on the subject is not easy, especially after seeing books from the past 30 years which seem to present only a patchy display of topics known very well by the author.

Chikazumi seems to tie together so many physical concepts from a standpoint of someone analyzing the entire field. This clear unpresumptious writing style may be a credit to the assistance of the University of Pennsylvania Professor Graham, whose preference appears to be more pragmatic and practical than boasting, (as so many other Physics books) I have been fairly confused by many other older textbooks which cover the same materials, but was enlightened on the first pass of Chikazumi's method of presentation.

This book is a must for anyone wishing to master an overview of the current field of magnetism, an area which has badly needed this book.

As an MSEE working as an assistant professor at a university, it is vital to be able to anwser a broad range of questions. These questions beeing your own or your students. This requires that you have ascess to a wide range of text-books. I have found Chikazumi's book very usefull as a reference, AND it is written in the SI-system of units!