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AT its lowest, the mathematical instrument of vector algebra is a labour-saving device, and in dealing with electromagnetic theory time spent in learning how to use the instrument is amply repaid. In many general textbooks on electricity and magnetism the introduction of a mathematical technique which may be unfamiliar to probable readers is avoided; and students of physics often find considerable difficulty in bridging the gap between the Cartesian treatment and the vector treatment usually adopted in more advanced treatises. It is to such students that this book of Biggs is addressed.
The Electromagnetic Field.
By H. F. Biggs. Pp. viii + 158. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1934.) 10s. 6d. net.
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S., E. [Short Reviews]. Nature 133, 372 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133372c0
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