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Classical Field Theory
by Davison E. Soper

ISBN: 0486462609
Dover Publications Price: $14.95
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This text concerns continuum mechanics, electrodynamics and the mechanics of electrically polarized media, and gravity. Its accessible approach formulates theories according to the principle of least action, a concise method that makes the physical content of classical subjects intelligible to advanced undergraduates and graduate students. 1976 edition.

Table of Contents for Classical Field Theory
1. Fields and Transformation Laws
2. The Principle of Stationary Action
3. Some General Features of Classical Field Theory
4. The Mechanics of Fluids
5. The Mechanics of Elastic Solids
6. Special Types of Solids
7. The Nonrelativistic Approximation
8. The Electromagnetic Field
9. Further General Properties of Field Theories
10. Electromagnetically Polarized Materials
11.  Gravity
12. Momentum Conservation in General Relativity
13. Dissipative Processes
Index

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