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Engineering Electromagnetics 8th Edition

by William Hayt (Author), John Buck (Author)
2.6 out of 5 stars 57 customer reviews
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ISBN-10: 0073380660
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 608 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 8 edition (January 28, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0073380660
  • ISBN-13: 978-0073380667
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
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1.0 out of 5 starsCostly torture
By Brandon Wilks on October 25, 2011
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
Buy this book only if you are required to do so. I have no doubt this is why such a book even exists. Simple economics dictate that only a captive audience would allow such a book to exist at all. On a positive note, it is a small little thing and can be thrown against wall many times before you're exhausted. Have you ever wondered why there are so few electrical engineers? It may be because of textbooks like this. Cryptic and scant on explanation, this book aims more at a reader who wants to be in awe of the authors' inability to teach rather than a reader who wants meaningful instruction. A good example of this is the instructions to determine the magnetic field for a rectangular toroid. There is one sentence: "Toroids having rectangular cross sections are also treated quite readily, as you can see for yourself..." What!?!? What does "quite readily" mean? Am I to glean from the only other two sentences on this topic (toroids), that I'm sufficiently equipped to understand such vague directions. Vague is probably the best word to describe this book's teaching style. Surely the lack of extra instruction could not be for a lack of cost. At more than a $150, this book is not nearly the trove of information one would expect. If you want to learn about electro-magnetics, turn to the internet for clear instruction. Buy this book only if you have to. I loath these author's and the publisher for doing little to help produce great engineers. But they have my money and that is clearly all they care about.
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1.0 out of 5 starsMajor, major problems
By David Rysdam on August 2, 2006
Format: Hardcover
I originally started with the 6th edition...but there were no answers in the back, even for the odd-numbered problems. I asked the publisher and they said it was a policy. OK, that's dumb, but whatever.

Then I went to the 5th edition and got fairly far, but eventually got to a point where I couldn't solve one of the problems and the worthless examples weren't helping. (The examples are worthless because the question and answers are given, but the work isn't shown. Uh, hello--that's the point of examples.) The book has a certain surface readability but doesn't really explain the underlying issues very well. Chapter one is a good example of this: I knew cylindrical and spherical coordinates a lot better before this book confused me.

Then I got the 7th edition. I got as far as problem #17 in chapter one and found *4* errors (One simple typo in a problem, one answer somewhat off and two answers just out of the ballpark, flat out *wrong*).

The original author died 20 years ago--it is time for this book to be scrapped.
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4.0 out of 5 starsAdequate
By Mr. Roy B. Mccammon on May 22, 2010
Format: Hardcover
You can learn E&M for the first time only once. I took my first course on E&M in the Physics department. We used the book by Purcell. It was intuitive, visual, engaging almost poetry. Then I took my next semester in the Electrical Engineering department. We used Hayt. It was mundane, pedestrian, just the facts madam. And yet I learned from it. Since then I've picked up half a dozen introductory E&M texts. But I go back to Purcell for understanding and Hayt for engineering help. But I've looked at those other books and I don't think any of them would have been any better. So that earns Hayt a solid 3 stars. All these books discuss skin effect, but only Hayt discusses the effect of skin depth on inductance. For that, it gets an extra star.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery good book
By Srikumar Sandeep on November 13, 2008
Format: Hardcover
There are lot of books on undergraduate electromagnetics. This would be in my list.The books I have and recommend are
1) D.K Cheng
2) Hayt and Buck
3) Ulaby
4) Edminister - Schaum's outline electromagnetics.
5) Spiegel - Schaum's outline vector calculus.
6) You should use Finney and George - calculus along with these books.

The book you should avoid is one by Kraus!!.
If you want to master undergraduate electromagnetics, you should have the 6 books!. There are people who complain about (1), (2) and (3). This is because their mathematical background is not strong. So I recommend (4), (5) and (6) to be used along with (1), (2) and (3).
You simply cannot write books better than (1),(2) and (3).
Those who complain ahout this book, should increase their mathematical background.
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1.0 out of 5 starsAwful, just plain awful.
By Jeffrey C. Lambert on October 15, 2006
Format: Hardcover
I find this to be a very interesting course, but it is made quite difficult by a single small problem: It is very hard to get an understanding of a field which is built upon a solid foundation of mathematics when the book you're using skips over this most crucial aspect.

It is great that I have answers to the odd problems and the in section examples, but with no work to guide me I am left frustrated and exhausted. Combined with 4 other classes, this leads to a tough time trying to figure out even simple concepts.

Find a better book unless you already have a thorough understanding of this material, you will NOT regret it.
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1.0 out of 5 starsOnly buy if Required
By jaypow on December 1, 2011
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
The only changes in this version VS. the previous versions are Chapter Swaps, and problem number swaps.

The only reason I purchased this book was because it was a required book for class. If you are purchasing to learn about the subject, it is a very informative book, but I highly recommend just picking up an older edition. They are essentially the same. Very little has changed since the 6th edition, they just changed the chapters around, and the problem numbers around, just to rake in money from students.

I would not buy if not required.

I would even recommend the 7th or 6th edition over the 8th edition, because many of the problem sets are very complicated and introduce their own ideas. The 7th and 6th edition have available solution manuals that are almost necessary. If you can answer all the problems without any help, you must already have an EE degree.
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2.0 out of 5 starsHorribly written book

Horribly written book, with no answers in the back of the book to check if you are working problems correctly. Read more

Published 3 months ago by James
4.0 out of 5 starsGood book. It is certainly worth your money.

It is a good book. The chapters are clear and they provide plenty of examples to back the concepts. It's a good read and you won't get bored or too confused by it. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Ilian A. Deering
5.0 out of 5 starsIf the book is too tough maybe the subject is wrong fro you.

to those who denigrate EM books, tough they are hard and require dedication. Hayt 's previous versions, yup, I'm an older scientist, have helped me greatly, practical examples that... Read more

Published 5 months ago by radio100
4.0 out of 5 starsDid not come with original binding nor did it contain ...

Did not come with original binding nor did it contain some appendix pages that I needed but other than that, it was a bargain for the price!

Published 15 months ago by Jonathan Carofilis
4.0 out of 5 starsIts a good book. Not an easy subject

Its a good book. Not an easy subject, but the first half is good at explaining basic concepts in a way that doesn't overcomplicate them. The math is the tough part.

Published 17 months ago by AbuserofFordRanger
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

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Published 18 months ago by kevinwang00
2.0 out of 5 starsA Poor Choice

If you have any choice in the matter find a different E&M book. Most of the reviews here are spot on. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Jake R.
5.0 out of 5 starsA just review

I have reviewed the older edition of this book, I noticed here reviews are tilted to one direction, which is unfair to both the reader and the authors of the book. Read more

Published on March 12, 2014 by Waseem
5.0 out of 5 starsSelf contained very incremental

I read this book end to end completely at my own back in 1997, when I was an engineering student. From this fact, you could quickly conclude that book is pretty self contained and... Read more

Published on March 11, 2014 by Waseem
3.0 out of 5 starsGood price if you can get a use one, but....

I was forced to purchase this book as my course text book in the college. Paid a good price for a used one since I bought it for $125. My school sells it for $260. Read more

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