Di Bartolo (Boston College) takes a didactic approach to his selection of topics and gives specific examples in this new treatment of electromagnetism aimed at advanced students in physics and electrical engineering. He starts with the mathematics of electromagnetism, including vector notation, fields, the vector differential operator, and Gauss's Theorem. He then describes charges, electrostatics, stationary currents and magnetostatics. He proceeds to induction and quasi-stationary phenomena and Maxwell equations, followed by two sections on the theory of relativity. He then examines radiation, including that from a moving point charge and from a periodic charge and current distributions, radiation damping and electromagnetic mass. He describes Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of electrodynamics, and closes with the electromagnetic properties of matter. He includes a solutions manual for all chapters. Updates to edition include changing from the MKS to the SI unit system. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)