Electromagnetic Waves

One of the best E&M books I've ever read. Very clear derivations, concise, covers many useful topics.I usually rent book and rarely buy them, but I bought this one!Miles ahead of the intro E&M textbooks. You should have some background of complex exponentials before reading this, but you don't need to know to much about complex numbers.

A well writ textbook on Electromagnetic waves. Helped me ace the SAT Subject test!

Seriously, this is a great book for the coverage of the subject matter. But you need to know what the heck you're doing with EM waves. It is not a book for beginners - not even close. I liked it because they get right to the point, talking about the subject matter.They waste no time in the complex math - they assume you can figure that part out on your own. So if you're linear algebra and partial differential equations skills are weak, you'll have trouble. Mine were a little weak and it took me a while to plow through the book. Actually, truth be told, they're much better now that I was forced to go figure that stuff out on my own. Side benefit I guess.My only regret is that I wish they had a few more examples, or at least that the examples were more - normal, maybe? Exotic example problems are interesting, but sometimes you just want to see a basic example so that you can get your homework done.

A great textbook. Reasonable price.

Few pages are missing bottom part of text.

I don't use my syllabus books after buying this book. This book has very good explanations of all EM concepts. Must have for EM engineers

Prof Staelin was a wonderful instructor and this text is a tribute to his skills. It is one of the most readable and comprehensive EMT texts available and reads almost like a novel. Its target audience is that of the engineer and it delves into areas that many an engineer will spend time in. The development of waveguides and transmission lines is brilliant and simply stated and it allows the engineer to see what the many applications may be. As EMT has somewhat fallen behind this text I believe will remain a valuable contribution to the field.

it is an enhanced electromagnetic textbook and suit more for master degree.