

Physics of Continuous Matter: Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the Macroscopic World by Benny Lautrup
English | 2004-10-20 | ISBN: 0750307528 | 624 pages | PDF | 12.6 mb
Offering a modern approach to this most classical of subjects, Physics of Continuous Matter is first and foremost an introduction to the basic concepts and phenomenology of continuous systems, and the derivations of the equations of continuum mechanics from Newtonian mechanics. Although many examples, particularly in the earlier chapters, are taken from geophysics and astrophysics, the author places the emphasis frimly on generic methods and applications.