Background
Visscher, Pieter Bernard was born on December 11, 1945 in Minneapolis. Son of Maurice B. and Janet Gertrude (Pieters) Visscher.
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Fields and Electrodynamics: A Computer-Compatible Introduction
(The only text on this subject to detail numerical methods...)
The only text on this subject to detail numerical methods usually used in practice to calculate electromagnetic fields, and to integrate these methods with computer simulation. Thoroughly develops the basic mathematical methods which physicists use to describe fields (e.g., density, displacement, and electrical), demonstrating each with examples of applications to mechanical problems. Describe Maxwell's equations governing electric and magnetic fields and shows how these lead to physical phenomena such as electromagnetic waves, charged particle motion, electromagnetic induction, and other processes. Maxwell's equations are introduced in a discrete form--on a lattice--and are discussed in terms of the original definition of the polarization field rather than the more abstract ''dipole moment'' approach. Other topics covered include xerography, EMP, the magnetron oscillator, and boundary-value problems in the presence of superconductors, none of which are included in other texts at this level.
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Pieter Bernard Visscher
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Bachelor, Harvard University, 1967; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1971.
Career
Research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1973; research physicist, University of California, San Diego, 1973-1975; assistant professor physics, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1975-1978; from assistant professor to associate professor physics, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1978-1984; professor physics, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, since 1984. Consultant Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1985-1986, Science and Engineering Research Council fellow U. Surrey, Britain, 1992-1993.
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Fields and Electrodynamics: A Computer-Compatible Introduction
(The only text on this subject to detail numerical methods...)
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Fields and Electrodynamics: A Computer-Compatible Introduction
Membership
Member American Association of University Professors (chapter vice president 1983, 84), American Physical Society.
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Married Helga Bjarney Björnson, June 17, 1972. Children: Kristina Maria, Paul Jon.
