A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century fluids and
elastic solids and their applications Kip Thorne and Roger
Blandford's monumental Modern Classical Physics is now available in
five stand-alone volumes that make ideal textbooks for individual
graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on statistical physics;
optics; elasticity and fluid dynamics; plasma physics; and
relativity and cosmology. Each volume teaches the fundamental
concepts, emphasizes modern, real-world applications, and gives
students a physical and intuitive understanding of the subject.
Elasticity and Fluid Dynamics provides an essential introduction to
these subjects. Fluids and elastic solids are everywhere-from
Earth's crust and skyscrapers to ocean currents and airplanes. They
are central to modern physics, astrophysics, the Earth sciences,
biophysics, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and technology, and
this centrality has intensified in recent years-so much so that a
basic understanding of the behavior of elastic solids and fluids
should be part of the repertoire of every physicist and engineer
and almost every other natural scientist. While both elasticity and
fluid dynamics involve continuum physics and use similar
mathematical tools and modes of reasoning, each subject can be
readily understood without the other, and the book allows them to
be taught independently, with the first two chapters introducing
and covering elasticity and the last six doing the same for fluid
dynamics. The book also can serve as supplementary reading for many
other courses, including in astrophysics, geophysics, and
aerodynamics. Includes many exercise problems Features color
figures, suggestions for further reading, extensive
cross-references, and a detailed index Optional "Track 2" sections
make this an ideal book for a one-quarter or one-semester course in
elasticity, fluid dynamics, or continuum physics An online
illustration package is available to professors The five volumes,
which are available individually as paperbacks and ebooks, are
Statistical Physics; Optics; Elasticity and Fluid Dynamics; Plasma
Physics; and Relativity and Cosmology.
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