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Electromagnetism II

A photograph of a lightning strike.

Lightning, a form of atmospheric electromagnetism. (Image courtesy of NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory.)

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MIT Course Number

8.07

As Taught In

Fall 2005

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

This course is the second in a series on Electromagnetism beginning with Electromagnetism I (8.02 or 8.022). It is a survey of basic electromagnetic phenomena: electrostatics; magnetostatics; electromagnetic properties of matter; time-dependent electromagnetic fields; Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic waves; emission, absorption, and scattering of radiation; and relativistic electrodynamics and mechanics.

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Bertschinger, Edmund. 8.07 Electromagnetism II, Fall 2005. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-07-electromagnetism-ii-fall-2005 (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


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