Physical Kinetics (Book)

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Physical Kinetics
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Information
Author Lev Landau
Language English
Series Course of Theoretical Physics
Publisher Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication Date 1981
Pages 452
ISBN-13 978-0-08-057049-5

Physical kinetics does not represent a single branch of physics, but a general theoretical theme of being out of equilibrium. Since equilibrium is built on microscopic concepts, this is an extension of statistical mechanics but applies to macroscopic continua such as plasmas.

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