Electricity & Magnetism

Key Lectures

Tutorial

Supplementary Videos

Supplementary Articles

Key Lectures

Lecture series by Prof. Water Lewins, MIT, 8.02x – MIT Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism [Playlist]

This lecture series contains 32 lectures. Prof. Lewins not only discusses theory but also demonstrates experiments. He introduces several examples to explain the topic. He touches even optical phenomena as they are related to electricity & magnetism. We recommend these lectures for detailed learning.

Khan Academy provides excellent lectures with step-by-step derivations and explanations.

1. Electric charge, field, and potential, 

2. Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday’s law

3. Electromagnetic waves and interference 

4. Discoveries and projects 

Lecture series by Prof. H. C. Verma on Electricity and Magnetism is a short course. He also demonstrates experiments and explains the theory.

Field, and not charge, exerts force

Building up capacity to carry a charge

A force that never changes speed

Swings to Motors

Whom does a magnet attract

Let us create Electric Current

Tutorials

1. Dr.Michel van Biezen discusses several problems. Select the video topic-wise his webpage LECTUREONLINE. 
2. Problem sets, Electricity & Magnetism, MIT Opencourseware spring 2007 
3. Problem sets, Electricity & Magnetism, MIT Opencourseware spring 2006 
4. Exams, Electricity & Magnetism, MIT Opencourseware spring 2006  
5. Problem sets, Electricity & Magnetism, MIT Opencourseware spring 2004
6. Exams, Electricity & Magnetism, MIT Opencourseware spring 2004
7. Problem sets, Electricity & Magnetism, MIT Opencourseware spring 2002 
8. Problem sets, Electricity & Magnetism, MIT Opencourseware spring 2005 

Simulations

1. This is a simple online tool for viewing electric fields around electrodes of different shapes in 2D. It is developed by Nathaniel Klemm, Weber State University. 
2. Meep is a free and open-source software package for electromagnetics simulation developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. You can simulate electric/magnetic fields around complex geometries.This advanced numerical simulation can solve Maxwell equations with the set boundary conditions even in the time domain. The tutorials are also given in the page.
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Supplementary Videos

1. What is Electromagnetic Radiation? 

2. The beauty of LC Oscillations! 

3. Magnetron, How does it work? 

4. Understanding Electromagnetic Radiation!

5. Lithium-ion battery, How does it work? 

6. Quantum electrodynamics: theory 

7. How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work 

8. Is Earth’s Magnetic Field Reversing?

9. Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields? 

10. How does an Induction Motor work ?

Supplementary Science Education Articles

1. Understanding Electrostatic Potential and Field Distributions by Simulation, Physics Education 2020
2. The Myth of Cell Phone Radiation, Resonance, 17, 1048, 2012 
3. Contributions of Maxwell to Electromagnetism, Resonance 8, 17, 2003
4. What Exactly is the Electric Field at the Surface of a Charged Conducting Sphere? Resonance 23, 1215, 2018 
5. Charge Meter: Easy Way to Measure Charge and Capacitance: Some Interesting Electrostatic Experiments, Resonance 19, 376, 2014  
6. Snippets of Physics – Angular Momentum of Electromagnetic Field, Resonance 13, 108, 2008 

7. Humans—like other animals—may sense Earth’s magnetic field, Science News, 2019. 

8. The body’s hidden compass—what is it, and how does it work? Science News, 2016,

9. Harvesting Energy from Falling Droplets Physics 13, 125, 2020 

10. Nikola Tesla – The Creator of the Electric Age, Resonance 12, 4 2007 

11. Radio Astronomy and the Giant Metre-Wave Radio Telescope, Resonance 23, 165, 2018