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Title: Plasma Physics Condition: New Subtitle: Volume 4 of Modern Classical Physics Author: Kip S. Thorne, Roger D. Blandford Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0691215502 EAN: 9780691215501 ISBN: 9780691215501 Publisher: Princeton University Press Genre: Science Nature & Math Release Date: 06/15/2021 Description: 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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 254mm Item Length: 203mm Release Year: 2021 Missing Information?
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