Modern classical physics : optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity, relativity, and statistical physics / Kip S. Thorne and Roger D. Blandford.

Author/creator Thorne, Kip S. author.
Other author Blandford, Roger D., author.
Format Book
PublicationPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Descriptionxl, 1,511 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Foundations. Newtonian physics : geometric viewpoint ; Special relativity : geometric viewpoint -- Part II. Statistical phpysics. Kinetic theory ; Statistical mechanics ; Statistical thermodynamics ; Random processes -- Part III. Optics. Geometric optics ; Diffraction ; Interference and coherence ; Nonlinear optics ; Elastostatics ; Elastodynamics -- Part V. Fluid dynamics. Foundations of fluid dynamics ; Vorticity ; Turbulence ; Waves ; Compressible and supersonic flow ; Convection ; Magnetohydrodynamics -- Part VI. Plasma physics. The particle kinetics of plasma ; Waves in cold plasmas : two-fluid formalism ; Kinetic theory of warm plasmas ; Nonlinear dynamics of plasmas -- Part VII. General relativity. From special to general relativity ; Fundamental concepts of general relativity ; Relativistic stars and black holes ; Gravitational waves and experimental tests of general relativity ; Cosmology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2014028150
ISBN9780691159027 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0691159025 hardcover alkaline paper

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