Reddit reviews Field and Wave Electromagnetics (2nd Edition)
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For electrodynamics, it has to be Cheng: Field and Wave Electromagnetics
For the absolute basics I'm a big fan of Nathan Ida's "Engineering Electromagnetics". Lots of worked examples, clearly written, even has a multi-variable calculus review as the first chapter.
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https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Electromagnetics-Ida-Nathan/dp/8181282736/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1538005228&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=nathan+idea+electromagnetics
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My university teaches from David Cheng's "Field and Wave Electromagnetics". I'm not a big fan of this, but it's what we use for our first course in EM.
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https://www.amazon.com/Field-Wave-Electromagnetics-David-Cheng/dp/0201128195/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538005311&sr=8-1&keywords=cheng+electromagnetics&dpID=51QAAAV1DVL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
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When I took the same class a long time back, we used Inan and Inan's "Engineering Electromagnetics". I think it's a little better written than Cheng, but still not great.
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https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Electromagnetics-Umran-S-Inan/dp/0805344233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538005413&sr=8-1&keywords=inan+electromagnetics&dpID=511yMwfuVSL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
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If you want to get into more practical applications, there are a whole bunch of other books I'd recommend. There are also a couple "classic" physics type books on EM that we do use pretty regularly, but those are more at the graduate level.
Hey,
ECE212.
ECE241 - You learn C++ and OOP fundamentals in this course. We didn't have a textbook when I took it. Just online notes.
ECE241 - Stephen Brown is a prof at UofT and a great lecturer. I also still have this book if you are interested in buying from me!
ECE216 - Might still have this book if you're interested.
ECE221 - Professor Stickle probably will teach this course. Great lecturer but his tests/exams are notoriously hard.
ECE243 - Did not have a textbook when I took the course. Prof. Moshovos provided course notes online.
ECE297 - No textbook for this course. It's like a mini design project that lasts all semester where you have to build a concurrency based storage server in a team of 3. Picking a good team of programmers and technical writers is imperative.
Protip: Next time check TUSBE for textbook names and buying second-hand textbooks.
PS: Congrats on getting through 1st year, 2nd year will be tough.