Elements of Electromagnetics

I have the second edition of Elements of Electromagnetics. This is the book I go to if I really want to understand an EM topic. I find that for understanding the derivations of the laws and formulas this book is the best that I have opened. I am reading Feynman's lectures on EM and often go to this book when I can't follow Feynman. I haven't found many errors in the text itself, but reading others comments it seems the answers to the problems are not always correct. Still, for a good understanding it would be hard to top Sadiku.

This book is ecellent explaining the material, it gives a lot of examples and a lot of exercices with the solutions to the odd numbers which is something good. The problem that make it a 4 stars book is the presence of lots of errors, including error in the solutins of the exercises.

After reading and owning other EM books (including Ulaby) I have to say that this is the best text I have come across. It is ordered in a logical manner; it includes most, if not all, of the classic EM example problems (something Ulaby lacks), and there are plenty of worked-out examples and exercises so that readers can know what is going on. Sadiku doesn't skip over some of the basic math steps, but leaves nearly trivial sequences in the example problems so that all can follow along. At the end of the chapter is a good study guide, and some multiple choice review questions (with answers) to really help the student grasp the concepts. Of course, you get out of it what you put into it. All in all, it is the best EM/Fields book I have seen. It think it would even be a decent reference for lectures, if you happen to find yourself forced to teach from another book without some of the classic problems worked out. I just read nearly the whole thing (the 3rd ed. and skipped the vector analysis section), and I'm giving this from a student perspective, not a teacher perspective. I really don't think the other student reviews (negative ones) are accurate at all.

Sadiku knows how to teach. The material is presented in a very carefully organized manner, each logical step explained clearly. A little patience and persistence and you can really make progress.

Sadiku skillfully gets across the difficult areas of Electromagnetics with well explained examples and interesting problem sets. This book is a must have for any Physics or Engineering student.