About this book

Kinetic theory, plasmas and transport.

The authors

1915–1985 · Soviet physicist

Profession: Physicist
Worked at: Kapitza Institute, Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
Studied at: Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
Studied under: Lev Landau
Prizes: Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1982), Mikhail Lomonosov Award (1958), Landau Gold Medal (1974)

Wrote the Course down with Landau, who rarely wrote anything himself.

1933–2022 · Russian theoretical physicist at University of Trento

Profession: Physicist
Worked at: Kapitza Institute, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, University of Trento
Studied at: Saratov State University
Studied under: Lev Landau
Prizes: Feenberg Medal (1997), Landau Gold Medal (2008), Enrico Fermi Prize (2018), Pomeranchuk Prize (2018), Lars Onsager Prize (2021)

Prerequisite: Statistical Physics, Part 1 (Landau)

Yes · Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier) paperback

There is one edition (1981).

Recommended: Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 10

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1 edition · 0 hardcover, 1 paperback

First published 1981

Earliest edition listed: 2010 · ELSEVIER INDIA · Paperback

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