Modern classical physics : optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity, relativity, and statistical physics / Kip S. Thorne and Roger D. Blandford
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| Autore: |
Thorne, Kip S.
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| Titolo: |
Modern classical physics : optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity, relativity, and statistical physics / Kip S. Thorne and Roger D. Blandford
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| Descrizione fisica: | xl, 1511 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Disciplina: | 530 |
| Soggetto topico: | Physics |
| Classificazione: | LC QC21.3 |
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| Altri autori: | Blandford, Roger D. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| ISBN: | 9780691159027 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 991003597829707536 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. del Salento |
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