A Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 2: Statistical Laws - Statistical Physics, Hydrodynamics and Gas Dynamics, Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Physical Kinetics

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Front Jacket: About the Author
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART I STATISTICAL PHYSICS
1 EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONOF MOLECULES IN IDEAL GAS
2 BOLTZMANN STATISTICS: TRANSLATIONAL MOTION OF MOLECULES; GAS IN AN EXTERNAL FIELD
3 BOLTZMANN STATISTICS: VIBRATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL MOLECULAR MOTION
4 APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICS TO ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IN VACUUM AND TO CRYSTALLINE BODIES
5 THE BOSE DISTRIBUTION
6 THE FERMI DISTRIBUTION
7 GIBBS STATISTICS
8 THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES
9 THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF IDEAL GAS IN BOLTZMANN STATISTICS
10 FLUCTUATIONS
11 PHASE EQUILIBRIA
12 DILUTE SOLUTIONS
13 CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA
14 SURFACE PHENOMENA
PART II HYDRODYNAMICSAND GAS DYNAMICS
15 THE GENERAL EQUATIONS OF HYDRODYNAMICS
16 SOME PROBLEMS ON THE MOTIONOF AN IDEAL FLUID
17 MECHANICS OF A VISCOUS INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID
18 MOTION OF BODIES IN AN INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID
19 SUPERFLUIDITY
20 ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY FLOW OF A COMPRESSIBLE GAS
21 QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW OF A GAS
22 CHARACTERISTICSOF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NON-STEADY ISENTROPIC FLOW
23 SIMPLE WAVES
24 ONE-DIMENSIONAL NON-STEADY ISENTROPIC FLOW: INTERACTION OF SIMPLE WAVES
25 SHOCK WAVES
26 APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY OF SHOCKWAVES
27 DETONATION WAVES
PART III ELECTRODYNAMICS OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA
28 GENERAL EQUATIONS
29 ELECTROSTATICS OF CONDUCTORS
30 ELECTROSTATICS OF DIELECTRICS
31 DIRECT CURRENT
32 MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF NON-FERROMAGNETIC MEDIA
33 FERROMAGNETISM
34 THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF DIRECT CURRENT
35 QUASI-STATIONARY CURRENTS
36 RAPIDLY VARIABLE FIELDS
37 THEORY OF DISPERSION
38 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
39 SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF RAPIDLY VARIABLE FIELDS
PART IV PHYSICAL KINETICS
40 GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS
41 THE TRANSPORT EQUATION
42 ELECTRONS IN CRYSTALS
43 SEMICONDUCTORS AND METALS
INDEX
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