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709 Book Review Electricity and Magnetism, Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 2 by Edward M Purcell, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd, New Delhi 2011, pp. 483. Berkley Physics Course series are in five volumes: (1) Mechanics, (2) Electricity and Magnetism, (3) Waves and Oscillations, (4) Quantum Physics, (5) Statistical Physics. The book ‘Electricity and Magnetism’ authored by Professor Emeritus Edward M Purcell from Gerhard Gade University, Harvard University is the revised Volume 2 of Berkeley Physics Course. It covers the elementary physics course for students studying in science and engineering field. Apart from total Eleven Chapters in the book, it also comprises Appendix (A-E) on various topics. The book covers mainly the topics on Electrostatics; Charges and Fields, Electric Potential, Electric Fields around –Conductors, Electric Currents, Fields of Moving Charges, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetic Induction, Alternating-current Circuits, Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves, Electric Fields in Matter and Magnetic Fields in Matter. Appendix (A-E ) covers a Short Review of Special Relativity, Radiation by an Accelerated Charge, Superconductivity, Magnetic Resonance, Exact Relations among SI and CGS Units. The SI units-ampere, coulomb, volt, ohm and tesla are introduced in the text and used in all the problems. The book is illustrative with ample practical examples and solutions. At the end of each chapter plenty of Problems are given for students to solve and understand the physics phenomenon in depth. In the competitive world, if the solved objective type questions and answers would have been added at the end of each chapter, it would have further enhanced the value of the Volume 2. The production of book as far as style and presentation is concerned, is of high quality. The need to produce such books arises due to rapid advancement in science and engineering field and the burning desire among the college students to learn the foundation of physics at the grass root level. This Volume 2 will be useful for students learning physics in colleges and for researchers. This will also be a valuable addition in the University libraries. Poonam Bhatt