Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
From: scstr@leps5.phys.psu.edu (NY Star Trekker)
Organization: Penn State, Laboratory for Elementary Particle Science
Subject: A worthy successor to Zeldovich? (also Re: Intro textbook)

In article <2vrjmh$fsf@mojo.eng.umd.edu> amj@mssl.ucl.ac.uk (Ady James) writes:
>
> As mentioned earlier the book by Chen is a very good introduction.
> It has examples and exercises that really helps.
> Another book which I use, for those interested in space plasmas, is:
> Physics of Space Plasmas. an introduction by George K. Parks
> 1991 Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
> isbn 0-201-50821-4

On a slightly different note, we've been referencing Zel'dovich & Raizer's
"Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Gasdynamic Phenomena" for a
while here. It has a lot of good stuff on a lot of different things; I'm
*guessing* that the term "plasma physics" was not so much in use in USSR
of the 1960's?

However, the book went out of print in 1989. Does anyone know of a
book that can qualify as a worthy successor? Lots of stuff on
radiation, thermodynamics, electromagnetics, and hydrodynamics at very
high temperatures?
STR
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