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Widely acclaimed both in the U.S. and abroad, this reader-friendly yet authoritative volume bridges the gap between circuits and new electromagnetics material. Ulaby begins coverage with transmission lines, leading readers from familiar concepts into more advanced topics and applications. Includes six new sections on Waveguides and Cavity Resonators, replacing the material on geometric optics in Chapter 8. Presents new Technology Briefs on relevant topics, connecting concepts in the book to everyday applications found in real life, such as liquid crystal displays, the laser, GPS, and x-ray tomography. Includes an interactive CD-ROM that allows readers to gain physical intuition about electromagnetics. A useful reference for engineers.

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Very good book!	Customer Rating:
This book along with Cheng, Hayt and Buck can help you master fundamentals of electromagnetics. This book is slim compared to Cheng, but it covers all the relevant topics in undergrad EM. This book stands out in CLARITY. Ulaby explains concepts clearly using mathematical tools and later gives physical insight into it.

excellent!!!	Customer Rating:
The book was in excellent condition. the contents in the book are also written in such a way that it is easy for the students to understand. I thank my professor for selecting this book for the subject.

Just throws equations at you

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The text is difficult to follow. The short-range organization is quite good, but the long-range organization is weak. Go to the next page and you will likely have a hard time figuring out how the material there relates to what you were just reading. Many good lectures use this kind of structure, but I find that it does not make a good textbook. The text lacks coherent derivations. Ulaby just throws equations at you without linking them together strongly. For instance, the input impedance of a transmission line with an arbitrary load (arguably the most important relation in the entire chapter on transmission lines) is derived piecemeal over the course of several sections. The derivation really isn't hard, though - it could easily have been done in two pages. Ulaby does put nice blue boxes around the particularly important equations, but that doesn't help much. I found the treatment too simple for an upper-division course. Ulaby "misses the forest for the trees" by dwelling on details that should be simple to an upper-division engineering student.

Physics, No. Engineering, Yes

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After reading through all the reviews and quickly attempting to discern the background of each reviewer through contextual clues, it has reinforced the idea that physics majors hate this book and engineers enjoy it. Speaking as a prior physics major and now currently an EE major, I have seen both types of texts. A dynamics book would cover the subject with much less explanation (while allowing more critical thought, although requiring a much closer reading) and leave it up to the reader to fill in the pieces. A great exercise in the critical thinking physics majors need. Engineers need to know the facts and how to approach the problems to get a meaningful result and this is exactly what the book provides. I was bothered by the presentation in this regard having used physics texts but I have seen much much worse. Like the title of the book says, its applied fundamentals of emag and that is exactly what is laid out in the text.

Good for an INTRODUCTORY course

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I will agree with many of the negative reviews that this book does skim over a lot of details and leaves out many important concepts. However, it is meant to be used in an introductory course - not a senior level or graduate course. I find it is a great reference for equations, and it was easy to learn from. I gained an understanding of the basics, and it prepared me for a more in-depth coverage of electromagnetic theory. For electrical engineers who do not plan to further study electromagnetics, this text covers the background you will need in other areas.