Book excerpt: Higher-order Techniques in Computational Electromagnetics takes a different approach to computational electromagnetics and looks at it from the viewpoint of vector fields and vector currents. It gives a more detailed treatment of vector basis function than that currently available in other books. It also describes the approximation of vector quantities by vector basis functions, explores the error in that representation, and considers various other aspects of the vector approximation problem. This unique guide is the perfect reference guide for those who need to understand and use numerical techniques for electromagnetic fields.