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Electrodynamics describes only one out of four interactions in nature. And classical electrodynamics covers only the nonquantum aspects of the electromagnetic field. Therefore electrodynamics is related to the other fields of knowledge in physics in a multitude of different ways.
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Hehl, F.W., Obukhov, Y.N. (2003). Outlook. In: Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics. Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol 33. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0051-2_7
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