Griffiths made a great job writting this book, with his informal way of explaining things everything is simpler without loosing much rigor or oversimplifying things. There are plenty of examples provided, and many analogies with familiar problems or situations to make the subject easier to grasp.<br><br>Its important to understand that this book is strictly theoretical, meaning that its not engineering oriented, you will not find chapters on topics engineers might be interested in, namely transmission lines, antenas and such. There are really no engineering applications on the problems or topics covered throughout the book, the only one I can remember of is waveguides and they are really briefly covered in a hypothetical way basically to describe TM, TE modes and such. So bottom line: this is strictly a physics book, but a really good one!<br><br>The one thing I never really liked is the notation the author uses, he claims that using weird characters simplifies things up, however I noticed that using weird unconventional characters just helps to confuse the reader, things are harder to remember and you have to keep going back to check what a specific symbol means, it didnt make sense to me even if the author's argument claims to be much more efficient.<br><br>I own several books on EM, namely:<br><br>-Engineering Electromagnetics-- by Hayt<br>-The Electromagnetic Field-- by Shadowitz<br>-Elements of Electromagnetics-- by Sadiku<br>-Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics -- by Cheng<br>-Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics-- by Ramo<br>-Principles of Electrodynamics- by Schwarz<br>-Electromagnetism-- by Grant<br>-Physics Vol. 2 (Electromagnetism)-- by Resnick<br>-Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics-- by Fawwaz<br>-Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics-- by Balanis<br>-A Student's Guide to Maxwell equations-- by Fleisch<br><br>...and of course this book by Griffiths, and thats not counting the textbooks on electromagnetic subtopics such as microwaves, antennas, etc, and let me tell you that this book by Griffiths coupled with Fleisch's guide to Maxwell equations is in my most humble opinion the best introduction to get a solid understanding in electromagnetism, if you are an engineer and would like to know about engineering applications there are other books you can use, since this book by Griffiths covers no engineering applications, the one by Balanis and Ramo are quite good, but before you move on to those you need a solid foundation and thats what Griffiths provides.<br><br>As for the physical book itself, I have one major complaint, I didnt like the coating material used on the covers, I dont know if everyone is in the same situation I am or maybe my book has a defect, but mine came in with a matte velvet-like coating on the covers, the book looks ok but it just sticks to my fingers, feels like theres a layer of grease or adhesive on the top of each cover, my fingers felt sticky everytime I grabbed the book. After a lot of elbow grease and some isopropyl alcohol I managed to get rid of the coating, now the book has the standard glossy cover every other hardcover book has, althou it doesnt look as good, at least I can hold it without getting that greasy feeling on my fingers.<br><br>Also, I must agree with the other reviewers: the book is breaking apart!