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 |
| Publication | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017] |
| Description | xl, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2014028150 |
| ISBN | 9780691159027 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0691159025 hardcover alkaline paper |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QC21.3 .T46 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |