Electromagnetics Chapter 13 is on"TransmissionLines, Wave Guides

by J D. Krausand K. R . Carver andResonators." The d i s c u s s i o n sa r eq u i t es t a n d a r d .

\IcGraw-Hill, New York (1973) Chapter 14 is on"Antennasand Radiators" which con-
(828 pages) t a i n s much of t h e material of t h e bookAntennasby
The f i r s t e d i t i o n of t h i s t e x t b o o k by J . D . Kraus Kraus.These two c h a p t e r sc o n s i s to f 230 pages of t h e
nras published in 1953 andhasbeenoneofthepopular t e x t and a s t u d e n t s h o u l d b e a b l e t o p i c k up a consid-
t e x t b o o k si ne l e c t r o m a g n e t i ct h e o r ys i n c e . A few e r a b l e amount ofworkingknowledge in electromagnetic
Jordsaboutthefirstedition may h e l p t o g i v e a engineeringfrom them.The chapteronantennasand
generalideaofthesecondedition.Severalcolleges r a d i a t o r s c o n t a i n s new s e c t i o n s on scanning arrays,
xed the first edition as a textfortheirgraduate frequencyindependentantennas,coherence,noise tem-
E.M. c o u r s e s . The choicemighthavebeen a good one p e r a t u r e ,r a d i ot e l e s c o p e s ,n o i s e power andantenna
thenbut i t is weak a tc u r r e n ts t a n d a r d .F o r' a n temperature,andantennasforpolarizationmeasurements.
introductorycourseinelectromagneticsforunder- Much of t h e new material r e f l e c t s t h e a u t h o r s ' i n t e r e s t
graduates,however, i t would s t i l l b e a n e x c e l l e n t i nr a d i oa s t r o n o m y . And, mostoftheaddedsections
textbook. The o u t s t a n d i n gf e a t u r eo ft h ef i r s te d i - a r e v e r y b r i e f and q u a l i t a t i v e .
t i o n was i t s r e a d a b i l i t y . A studentcanalmostlearn Chapter 15 on "Particles and Plasmas" includes some
€rom t h e book w i t h o u t t h e h e l p o f a n i n s t r u c t o r . T h a t familiartopicsinphysicalelectronics andelementary
gas made possible,however, by t h e a u t h o r ' s s i m p l e p h y s i c s of plasmas. The p r e s e n t a t i o n i s c o n c i s eb u t
spproachtophysical andmathematicalconcepts.This clear.
s i m p l e and d i r e c t s t y l e i s s t i l l p r e s e r v e d i n t h e
second e d i t i o n . The q CV approachtotheenergy Chapter16on "Moving Systemsand Space-Time" seems
i e n s i t y of e l e c t r o s t a t i c f i e l d , ( p p . 74-75, 2ndedn.), t ob ea n addendum t o make t h et e x tc o m p l e t e . Its
snd theonedimensionalapproachtotheuniqueness u s e f u l n e s st ot h es t u d e n t si n t e n d e d seems t ob e
theorem(pp. 266-267) a r e examplesof t h ea u t h o r ' s marginal.
;tyle. The simpleapproachhasindeedbeenusedquite A s a whole,the 2 n d e d i t i o n , w i t h i t s s i m p l e s t y l e ,
successfully in minimizing the obstacles to smooth expandedscopeand new c o l l e c t i o n s ofproblems makes a
reading. On theotherhand, i t hasthedisadvantage much b e t t e rt e x t b o o kt h a nt h eo r i g i n a lv e r s i o n . It
2 f i n s u f f i c i e n tr i g o r and g e n e r a l i t y . The t e x t i s , providessufficientworking knowledge f o r t h e s t u d e n t s
t h e r e f o r e ,b e s tu t i l i z e df o rr e a d i n ga s s i g n m e n t st o and a l s o p r e p a r e s them f o r m o r e a d v a n c e d s t u d i e s i n
s t u d e n t s f o r p r e p a r a t i o n s of l e c t u r e s whichcontain electromagnetictheories.
nore s o p h i s t i c a t e d d i s c u s s i o n s .
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The 2 n d e d i t i o n h a s i n c l u d e d manynew s e c t i o n s on Kenneth K. Mei
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The f i r s t s e v e nc h a p t e r sd i s c u s se l e c t r o s t a t i c s Berkeley,California, 94720
and m a g n e t o s t a t i c s . They are i ng e n e r a lv e r yc l e a r l y
t r r i t t e ni nt h e same s t y l e as t h e f i r s t e d i t i o n . Many

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2ould bechanged t o more d e s c r i p t i v e o n e s , s u c h as

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Jetween f i e l d a n ds o u r c el o c a t i o n s . Such a change

gouldbe p a r t i c u l a r l y h e l p f u l t o b e g i n n e r s .
Chapters 8 , 9 and10 a r e time v a r y i n g E. M. f i e l d s ,
r e l a t i o n between f i e l d s and c i r c u i t s , and planewaves.
Chese c h a p t e r s c o n t a i n s t a n d a r d m a t e r i a l similar t o
J t h e rt e x t ss u c h as F i e l d s and Waves i n Communica-
t i o nE l e c t r o n i c s byRamo, Whinnery and Van Duzer.
Chapter 11 i s on "Wave P o l a r i z a t i o n , " which i n a d d i -
t i o n t o t h es t a n d a r dm a t e r i a la l s oc o n t a i n st h ed i s -
x s s i o n s on PoincarL sphere andStokesparameters.
Zhapter 1 2 , "Wave r e f l e c t i o n , r e f r a c t i o n and d i f f r a c -
tion," includes new s e c t i o n s on geometrical optics and
:eometrictheory of d i f f r a c t i o n . These new s e c t i o n s
are brief but readable and w e l l p r e s e n t e d .

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