Single-Particle Electrodynamics - Assassination Science

Bibliography
As with any area of classical physics, the compilation of an exhaustive bibliography
is probably not only impossible, but also futile. The Bibliography
included by the author in this thesis is therefore a compromise between utility
and practicality.
The works that the author has used as a basis for his investigations are
listed without fail. Important works with a direct bearing on or relevance
to the topics covered in this thesis are also included, especially where they
themselves contain an important list of references. Works of only subsidiary
or passing importance are sometimes included, but sometimes not, depending
on the whims of the author; if a number of works cover essentially the same
ground, a subset may be selected as more suiting the author’s tastes than the
others. Textbooks are referred to where necessary, but the author has not
felt the need to compare the merits of the coverage of every topic in every
textbook available; in practice, Jackson [113] and Goldstein [96] are used by
default, except where a particular topic is covered in noticeably more depth
elsewhere.
Of course, there always exists the possibility, despite vigorous efforts to
the contrary, that entire lines of investigation by previous workers, into the
topics covered in this thesis, have evaded the author’s detection altogether;
the sheer volume of literature covering the decades of relevance to this thesis,
together with the lack of computerised search systems for such ageing
tomes, makes this a serious concern. If any such major works do exist in the
literature, somewhere, then the author may confidently state that they are
not well-known—or, at any rate, not well-cited—by contemporary workers;
and hence it may reasonably be argued that any controversy that may erupt
over the author’s omission of such a work from his Bibliography would be
quite a healthy contribution to the current state of awareness of the physics
community. Regardless, it is hoped that any omissions, major or minor, will
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