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    Modern Classical Physics: Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics
    Modern Classical Physics: Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics
    Modern Classical Physics: Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics
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    Modern Classical Physics: Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics

    By Kip S. Thorne and Roger D. Blandford

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    A groundbreaking text and reference book on twenty-first-century classical physics and its applications

    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 provides 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, experimental, 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
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrinceton University Press
    Release dateSep 5, 2017
    ISBN9781400848898
    Modern Classical Physics: Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics

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      Amazing book covering all of classical physics. Must read to completely get the whole idea of all branches of physics excluding quantum mechanics. Full alert it is classical physics but integrates most higher math so unless you have a bachelor's , other books are recommended.

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