Physics of Continuous Matter
Subtitle: Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the Macroscopic World, Second Edition
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 1, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 684
ISBN-13: 9781420077001
Subjects: Physics; Science / Physics; Science
Description: "Physics of Continuous Matter: Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the Macroscopic World, Second Edition provides an introduction to the basic ideas of continuum physics and their application to a wealth of macroscopic phenomena. The text focuses on the many approximate methods that offer insight into the rich physics hidden in fundamental cintinuum mechanics equations. Like its acclaimed predecessor, this second edition introduces mathematical tool on a "need-to-know" basis." -- Page 4 of cover.