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PHYS 480: Electrodynamics

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Spring 2023

"I have also a paper afloat, with a electromagnetic theory of light which, till I am convinced of the contrary, I hold to be great guns." - James Clerk Maxwell (1864)

Instructor: Seth Major, smajor, 4919, G052
Office Hours: Just drop by (more official office hours are Thursday afternoons)
Classes: Seminar Mondays 1:15-4:15 Physics Seminar Room
Texts:

David Griffiths, An Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th edition

 

News:

  • Phys 480 next offered in the Fall 2024 semester.

 

Course Info:

course syllabus (pdf)

Guides (pdf):

 

Extras:

  • The photo on the upper right showing a green field is of Maxwell's old home Glenlair House, which is undergoing restoration by the Glenlair Trust.
  • More on Maxwell from wikipedia.

 

Last modified 31 October 2023
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