Screen LibraryModern classical physics : optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity, relativity, and statistical physics /
This first-year graduate-level text and reference book covers the fundamental concepts and twenty-first-century applications of six major areas of classical physics that every masters- or PhD-level physicist should be exposed to, but often isn't: statistical physics, optics (waves of all sorts)...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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This first-year graduate-level text and reference book covers the fundamental concepts and twenty-first-century applications of six major areas of classical physics that every masters- or PhD-level physicist should be exposed to, but often isn't: statistical physics, optics (waves of all sorts), elastodynamics, fluid mechanics, plasma physics, and special and general relativity and cosmology. Growing out of a full-year course that the eminent researchers Kip Thorne and Roger Blandford taught at Caltech for almost three decades, this book is designed to broaden the training of physicists. Its six main topical sections are also designed so they can be used in separate courses, and the book is an invaluable reference for researchers. Presents all the major fields of classical physics except three prerequisites: classical mechanics, electromagnetism, and elementary thermodynamics ; Elucidates the interconnections between diverse fields and explains their shared concepts and tools ; Focuses on fundamental concepts and modern, real-world applications ; Takes applications from fundamental, experiemental, and applied physics; astrophysics and cosmology; geophysics, oceanography, and meteorology; biophysics and chemical physics; engineering and optical science and technology; and information science and technology ; Emphasizes the quantum roots of classical physics and how to use quantum techniques to elucidate classical concepts or simplify classical calculations ; Features hundreds of color figures, some five hundred exercises, extensive cross-references, and a detailed index ; An online illustration package is available to professors. -- from back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xl, 1511 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1449-1472) and indexes. |
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9780691159027 0691159025 |
| Index Number: | QC21 |
| CLC: | O4-43 |
| Call Number: | O4-43/T511 |
| Contents: | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Foundations. Newtonian physics : geometric viewpoint ; Special relativity : geometric viewpoint -- Part II. Statistical physics. Kinetic theory ; Statistical mechanics ; Statistical thermodynamics ; Random processes -- Part III. Optics. Geometric optics ; Diffraction ; Interference and coherence ; Nonlinear optics -- Part IV. Elasticity. 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. |