Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism with an Experimental Focus
MIT's second-semester physics course on electromagnetism, covering electric charge and Coulomb's law through conductors, electrostatic potential and energy, currents, magnetic fields, Ampere's and Faraday's laws, basic circuits, and Maxwell's equations. What sets this version apart is its lab component: taught by Gunther Roland and Peter Dourmashkin through MIT's Experimental Study Group, the course pairs lecture notes and problem sets with hands-on experiments meant to illustrate each concept, including one on electrical breakdown documented on the course page. All materials date to Spring 2005 and include exams with solutions plus full problem set solutions. It works as a direct follow-on to an introductory mechanics course for anyone who wants electromagnetism grounded in bench experiments rather than derivations alone.