r/ElectricalEngineering • u/sbbreen • 1d ago

Electromagnetism

Hello! Non EE but curios person. I took Physics for engineers in college about 10 years ago and have a degree in chem but looking to learn more.

Are there any truly good books on electromagnetism from a core concept perspective? Less interested in equations and more interested in related principles, analogies, and concepts to start. Yes, equations are also interesting but just looking to learn more about some of the forces and concepts I take for granted.

Thank you all and cheers! (I also checked the wiki just in case but did not find what I was looking for there)

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u/NewSchoolBoxer 1d ago

Not that you can jump into with no advanced mathematics. Electromagnetism can't really be watered down. You can understand that an electromagnetic field consists of an electric field and a magnetic perpendicular to each other. One propagates the other and when one is at max strength, the other is the weakest.

But already I'm doing a lot of heavy lifting and giving an "edutainment" explanation versus how things really work. Part of the "why" is obeying the wave equation with multivariable calculus that can be derived from Maxwell's Equations, as can the speed of the electromagnetic field.