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Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics.
The format is quite different from other conferences as the
emphasis is placed on discussion. The 26th edition held in October
2014 in Brussels and chaired by Roger Blandford continued this
tradition and addressed some of the most pressing open questions in
the fields of astrophysics and cosmology, gathering many of the
leading figures working on a wide variety of profound problems.The
proceedings contain the 'rapporteur talks' giving a broad overview
with unique insights by distinguished renowned scientists. These
lectures cover the five sessions: 'Neutron Stars', 'Black Holes',
'Cosmic Dawn', 'Dark Matter' and 'Cosmic Microwave Background'.In
the Solvay tradition, the proceedings also include the prepared
comments to the rapporteur talks. The discussions among the
participants - expert, yet lively and sometimes contentious - have
been edited to retain to retain their flavor and are reproduced in
full. The reader is taken on a breathtaking ride through 42 years
of extraordinary discovery since astrophysics was last on the
Solvay program and 57 years since cosmology was last discussed.
Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics.
The format is quite different from other conferences as the
emphasis is placed on discussion. The 26th edition held in October
2014 in Brussels and chaired by Roger Blandford continued this
tradition and addressed some of the most pressing open questions in
the fields of astrophysics and cosmology, gathering many of the
leading figures working on a wide variety of profound problems.The
proceedings contain the 'rapporteur talks' giving a broad overview
with unique insights by distinguished renowned scientists. These
lectures cover the five sessions: 'Neutron Stars', 'Black Holes',
'Cosmic Dawn', 'Dark Matter' and 'Cosmic Microwave Background'.In
the Solvay tradition, the proceedings also include the prepared
comments to the rapporteur talks. The discussions among the
participants - expert, yet lively and sometimes contentious - have
been edited to retain to retain their flavor and are reproduced in
full. The reader is taken on a breathtaking ride through 42 years
of extraordinary discovery since astrophysics was last on the
Solvay program and 57 years since cosmology was last discussed.
A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century statistical
physics and its 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.
Statistical Physics is an essential introduction that is different
from others on the subject because of its unique approach, which is
coordinate-independent and geometric; embraces and elucidates the
close quantum-classical connection and the relativistic and
Newtonian domains; and demonstrates the power of statistical
techniques—particularly statistical mechanics—by presenting
applications not only to the usual kinds of things, such as gases,
liquids, solids, and magnetic materials, but also to a much wider
range of phenomena, including black holes, the universe,
information and communication, and signal processing amid noise.
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, half-semester, or full-semester course 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.
A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century waves of all
sorts 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.
Optics is an essential introduction to a resurgent subject.
"Optics" originally referred to the study of light, but today the
field encompasses all types of waves, including electromagnetic
waves, from gamma rays to radio waves; gravitational waves; waves
in solids, fluids, and plasmas; and quantum waves. The past few
decades have seen revolutions in optics-amazing advances in
nonlinear optics technology, a growing understanding of optical
phenomena throughout the natural world, and an increasing
appreciation of the wide-ranging applicability of optics' central
principles. Optics shows how and why this subject-which was once a
standard part of physics curricula-should again be routinely taught
to physics students, as well as to students in engineering,
computer science, and the natural sciences. 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, half-semester,
or full-semester course 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.
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.
A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century plasma physics
and its 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. Plasma Physics provides an
essential introduction to the subject. A gas that is significantly
ionized, usually by heating or photons, a plasma is composed of
electrons and ions and sometimes has an embedded or confining
magnetic field. Plasmas play a major role in many contemporary
applications, phenomena, and fields, including attempts to achieve
controlled thermonuclear fusion using magnetic or inertial
confinement; in explanations of radio wave propagation in the
ionosphere and the behavior of the solar corona and wind; and in
astrophysics, where plasmas are responsible for emission throughout
the electromagnetic spectrum, including from black holes, highly
magnetized neutron stars, and ultrarelativistic outflows. The book
also can serve as supplementary reading for many other courses,
including in astrophysics, geophysics, and controlled fusion.
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 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.
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 to professors
A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century general
relativity and cosmology 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.
Relativity and Cosmology is an essential introduction to the
subject, including remarkable recent advances. Written by
award-winning physicists who have made fundamental contributions to
the field and taught it for decades, the book differs from most
others on the subject in important ways. It highlights recent
transformations in our understanding of black holes, gravitational
waves, and the cosmos; it emphasizes the physical interpretation of
general relativity in terms of measurements made by observers; it
explains the physics of the Riemann tensor in terms of tidal
forces, differential frame dragging, and associated field lines; it
presents an astrophysically oriented description of spinning black
holes; it gives a detailed analysis of an incoming gravitational
wave's interaction with a detector such as LIGO; and it provides a
comprehensive, in-depth account of the universe's evolution, from
its earliest moments to the present. While the book is designed to
be used for a one-quarter or full-semester course, it goes deep
enough to provide a foundation for understanding and participating
in some areas of cutting-edge research. 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 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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