Readings

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Readings are from:

Amazon logo Schwinger = Schwinger, Julian, L. L. DeRaad Jr., K. A. Milton, W-Y Tsai. Classical Electrodynamics. Reading, Massachusetts: Perseus Book Group, 1998. ISBN: 9780738200569
Amazon logo Jackson =
Jackson, J. D. Classical Electrodynamics. New York: Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 9780471309321.

SES # READINGS
L3 Schwinger, Chaps. 1, 3 (or Jackson, Chap. 6)
L5 Schwinger, Chaps. 3, 4, 28 (or Jackson, Chaps. 5, 6)
L6 Schwinger, Chaps. 4, 11, 26 (or Jackson, Chaps. 4, 5)
L8 Schwinger, Chaps. 5, 41, 42 (or Jackson, Chap. 7)
L10 Schwinger, Chaps. 5, 7 (or Jackson, Chap. 7)
L12 Schwinger, Chap. 44 (or Jackson, Chaps. 2, 8)
L14 Schwinger, Sec. 6.1 and Chap. 8 (or Jackson, Chap. 12)
L17 Schwinger, Chaps. 9, 10 (a good review of special relativity can be found in Jackson, Chap. 11)
L18 Schwinger, Chaps. 9, 10
L20 Schwinger, Chaps. 31, 32
L21 Schwinger, Chaps. 31, 32, 33, 34
L23 Schwinger, Chaps. 35-38, 45