A funny, insightful, and self-contained guide to Einstein's relativity theory and classical field theories--including electromagnetism Physicist Leonard Susskind and data engineer Art Friedman are back. This time, they introduce readers to Einstein's special relativity and Maxwell's classical field theory. Using their typical brand of real math, enlightening drawings, and humor, Susskind and Friedman walk us through the complexities of waves, forces, and particles by exploring special relativity and electromagnetism. It's a must-read for both devotees of the series and any armchair physicist who wants to improve their knowledge of physics' deepest truths.

Updates the 1995 text on the same topic. The 12 contributions cover high-order methods, multiresolution expansion, explicit time-domain solutions of Maxwell's equations via generalized grids, analysis of periodic structures, modeling of antennas, high- speed electronic circuits with active and nonlinear components, physics-based modeling of millimeter-wave devices, and microcavity resonators. The book is intended as a single-source reference on the state of FDTD art for university graduate students and faculty and professional engineers and scientists involved in electromagnetic technology. Appends a list of acronym expansions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.