http://pmaweb.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2012/ APPLICATIONS OF CLASSICAL PHYSICS 2012-2013 Version of Textbook by Roger D. Blandford and Kip S. Thorne --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Preface and Contents [version 1200.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 1: Newtonian Physics: Geometric Viewpoint [Version 1201.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 2: Special Relativity: Geometric Viewpoint [version 1202.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 3: Kinetic Theory [version 1203.1.K], | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 4: Statistical Mechanics [version 1204.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 5: Statistical Thermodynamics [version 1205.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 6: Random Processes [version 1206.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter7: Geometric Optics [version 1207.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 8: Diffraction [version 1208.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 9: Interference [version 1209.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 10: Nonlinear Optics [version 1210.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 11: Elastostatics [version 1211.1.K] [version1211.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 12: Elastodynamics [version 1212.1.K] [version1212.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 13: Foundations of Fluid Dynamics [version 1213.1.K] | |[version1213.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 14: Vorticity [version 1214.1.K] [version1214.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 15: Turbulence [version 1215.1.K] [version1215.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 16: Waves [version 1216.1.K] [version1216.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 17: Compressible and Supersonic Flow [version 1217.1.K] | |[version1217.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 18: Convection [version 1218.1.K] [version1218.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 19: Magnetohydrodynamics [version 1219.1.K] [version1219.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 20: Particle Kinetics of Plasma [version 1220.1.K] | |[version1220.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 21: Waves in Cold Plasmas: Two-Fluid Formalism [version | |1221.1.K] [version1221.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 22: Kinetic Theory of Warm Plasmas [version 1222.1.K] | |[version1222.3.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 23: Nonlinear Dynamics of Plasmas [version 1223.1.K] | |[version1223.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 24: From Special to General Relativity [version 1224.1.K], | |[version1224.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 25: Fundamental Concepts of General Relativity [version | |1225.1.K], [version1225.2.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 26: Stars and Black Holes [version 1226.1.K] | |[version1226.2.K] [version1326.1.K] | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Chapter 27: Gravitational Waves and Experimental Tests of General | |Relativity [version 1227.1.K] [version1227.2.K] 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