Thorne, Kip S. <br/><br/>
Modern classical physics :    optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity, relativity, and statistical physics / 
Kip S. Thorne and Roger D. Blandford. 
 - Princeton, New Jersey :   Princeton University Press,   c2017. 
 - xl, 1,511 pages :  illustrations ;  27 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Foundations -- Newtonian physics : geometric viewpoint -- Special relativity : geometric viewpoint -- Part II. Statistical physics -- 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691159027 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014028150 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Physics
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC21.3   / T39 2017