Readings | Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism | Physics

The readings in "Purcell" refer to the course textbook: Purcell, E. M. Electricity and Magnetism. Berkeley Physics Course. Vol. 2. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, August 1, 1984. ISBN: 9780070049086.

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction Coulomb's Law, Superposition Energy of Charge Distributions	Handout (PDF) (Courtesy of P. Sphicas, P. Fisher, H. Gao, and E. Katsavounidis. Used with permission.) Purcell, Chapter 1
2	Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss's Law	Purcell, Chapter 1
3	Energy Density of the Field Electric Potential Gradient Gauss's Law Revisited Divergence	Purcell, Chapter 2
4	Poisson and Laplace Equations Curl Uniqueness Theorem Introduction to Conductors	Purcell, Chapter 2 and 3
6	Fields and Potentials around Conductors Capacitance	Purcell, Chapter 3
7	More on Capacitance	Purcell, Chapter 3
8	Current, Continuity Equation Resistance, Ohm's Law	Purcell, Chapter 4
9	Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3
10	EMF, Circuits Kirchhoff's Rules	Purcell, Chapter 4
11	Variable Currents, RC Circuits Thévenin Equivalence	Purcell, Chapter 4
12	Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field Ampere's Law	Purcell, Chapter 6
13	Special Relativity I: Spacetime	Purcell Appendix A Handouts Part 1 (PDF) (Courtesy of Peter Fisher. Used with permission.) Part 2 (PDF) (Courtesy of Peter Fisher. Used with permission.)
14	Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields	Purcell, Chapter 5
15	Ampere's Law Revisited Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law	Purcell, Chapter 6
16	Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law	Purcell, Chapter 7
17	Mutual and Self Inductance Magnetic Field Energy	Purcell, Chapter 7
18	RL Circuits Undriven RLC Circuits Phasor Representation	Purcell, Chapter 7
19	Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7
20	Make-up Exam
21	Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance Power and Energy	Purcell, Chapter 8
23	AC Circuits (conclusion) Filters Quality Factor and Resonance	Purcell, Chapter 9
24	Displacement Current, Maxwell's Equations	Purcell, Chapter 9
25	Wave Equation Electromagnetic Radiation	Purcell, Chapter 9 Purcell Appendix B
26	Radiation (cont.) Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation	Purcell, Chapter 9
28	Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials Transmission Lines	Purcell, Chapter 11
29	Final Exam