“Essential Electromagnetism” and “Essential Electrodynamics” (also to be published by Ventus) are intended to be resources for students taking electromagnetism courses while pursuing
undergraduate studies in physics and engineering. Due to limited space available in this series,
it is not possible to go into the material in great depth, so I have attempted to encapsulate
what I consider to be the essentials. This book does not aim to replace existing textbooks
on these topics of which there are many excellent examples, several of which are listed in the
bibliography. Nevertheless, if appropriately supplemented, this book and “Essential Electrodynamics” could together serve as a textbook for 2nd and 3rd year electromagnetism courses
at Australian and British universities, or for junior/senior level electromagnetism courses at
American universities/colleges.