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A revision of the defining book covering the physics and classical mathematics necessary to understand electromagnetic fields in materials and at surfaces and interfaces. The third edition has been revised to address the changes in emphasis and applications that have occurred in the past twenty years. "The book is very well written and color is used throughout. Color adds a dimension that can be used to help the reader visualize high-dimensional data, and it is also very useful to help the eye see patterns and clusters more easily. This makes color effective in the book and not just a pleasing gimmick. This is the first book of its kind to treat data mining from a statistical perspective that is comprehensive and up-to-date on the statistical methodsI found the book to be both innovative and fresh. It provides an important contribution to data mining and statistical pattern recognition. It should become a classicIt is especially good for statisticians interested in high-dimensional and high-volume data such as can be found in telephone records, satellite images, and genetic microarrays. It can be used for an advanced special topics course in statistics for graduate students." (SIAM REVIEW)