An Introduction to Continuum Physics

A modern approach to mathematical modeling, featuring unique applications from the field of mechanics. An Introduction to Mathematical Modeling: A Course in Mechanics is designed to survey the mathematical models that form the foundations of modern science and incorporates examples that illustrate how the most successful models arise from basic principles in modern and classical mathematical physics.

Authors: Dafermos, Constantine M.
Written by an author who is unquestionably an authority on the subject as well as a masterly writer
Revised, up-to-date fourth edition includes new material on the Euler equations of gas dynamics, and on hyperbolic balance laws with dissipative source, as well as new applications to elasticity and differential geometry
Features an expanded bibliography that now comprises close to two thousand titles