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 Very good book November 13, 2008
Srikumar Sandeep (Boulder,CO)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
There are lot of books on undergraduate electromagnetics. This would be in my list.The books I have and recommend are
1) D.K Cheng
2) Hayt and Buck
3) Ulaby
4) Edminister - Schaum's outline electromagnetics.
5) Spiegel - Schaum's outline vector calculus.
6) You should use Finney and George - calculus along with these books.
The book you should avoid is one by Kraus!!.
If you want to master undergraduate electromagnetics, you should have the 6 books!. There are people who complain about (1), (2) and (3). This is because their mathematical background is not strong. So I recommend (4), (5) and (6) to be used along with (1), (2) and (3).
You simply cannot write books better than (1),(2) and (3).
Those who complain ahout this book, should increase their mathematical background.
To the Student ... June 3, 2005
Michel K. (Beirut - Lebanon)
17 out of 27 found this review helpful
Hayt & Buck displayed smooth and crystal clear approach in defining the tough topics of engineering electromagnetics. During my junior year, I thought field theory was notoriously the most challenging course in Computer Engineering, but thanks to this incredibly indispensable textbook that turned it to the most interesting subject ever studied. Might as well add that we had a reputable instructor of such a high caliber. Thank you Professor S. Khoury.
The simple and direct approaches of the examples/drill exercices paves the systematic steps to solve the end of chapter problems. Thus, compelling you out of sheer thirst to solve more problems as u proceed.
Mastering electromagnetics starts from this book. My recommendation is a must to have and to keep, as well.
I hope, in this edition, the authors have made the appropiate correction of errata encountered in the previous. However, you can easily isolate and rectify them, given how effectively you mastered your learning from this book.
Fast Shipment! November 14, 2006
A. Hii (Houston, TX USA)
0 out of 22 found this review helpful
Received the book in the promised time. Will buy from this seller again.
 Adequate May 22, 2010
Mr. Roy B. Mccammon
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You can learn E&M for the first time only once. I took my first course on E&M in the Physics department. We used the book by Purcell. It was intuitive, visual, engaging almost poetry. Then I took my next semester in the Electrical Engineering department. We used Hayt. It was mundane, pedestrian, just the facts madam. And yet I learned from it. Since then I've picked up half a dozen introductory E&M texts. But I go back to Purcell for understanding and Hayt for engineering help. But I've looked at those other books and I don't think any of them would have been any better. So that earns Hayt a solid 3 stars. All these books discuss skin effect, but only Hayt discusses the effect of skin depth on inductance. For that, it gets an extra star.
 About the worst book on the subject!! November 26, 2008
Yungman A. Liu
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have more than 5 books on this subject. I am a self studier, I read a few books on each topic. I never found any useful information from this book. This book don't seemed to go into detail of each subject, just give the formulas. If you use it in school, good luck!! If you study on your own like me, get some other books like Cheng's.
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