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Author: Sébastien Galtier (École Polytechnique, Paris)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.90cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 25.20cm
Weight: 0.710kg
ISBN: 9781107158658
ISBN 10: 1107158656
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 06 October 2016
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'With an appealing combination of background material and carefully selected mathematics, Galtier succeeds in presenting the flavor of each topic. His approach manages to whet readers' appetites without overwhelming them with lengthy derivations or excessive technicalities. The manageable level of detail and the modest length of the book make it suitable as an accompaniment to a graduate lecture course, which is indeed how the text originated. Particularly noteworthy is the inclusion of material on the Hall effect, which reflects a growing interest in that phenomenon in the context of MHD ... Galtier's attractive and concise volume joins several excellent modern introductory textbooks with somewhat different styles and emphases. ... I would recommend Introduction to Modern Magnetohydrodynamics to students - especially graduate students - learning the basics of this exciting field.' Gordon Ogilvie, Physics Today 'With an appealing combination of background material and carefully selected mathematics, Galtier succeeds in presenting the flavor of each topic. His approach manages to whet readers' appetites without overwhelming them with lengthy derivations or excessive technicalities. The manageable level of detail and the modest length of the book make it suitable as an accompaniment to a graduate lecture course, which is indeed how the text originated. Particularly noteworthy is the inclusion of material on the Hall effect, which reflects a growing interest in that phenomenon in the context of MHD ... Galtier's attractive and concise volume joins several excellent modern introductory textbooks with somewhat different styles and emphases. ... I would recommend Introduction to Modern Magnetohydrodynamics to students - especially graduate students - learning the basics of this exciting field.' Gordon Ogilvie, Physics Today
'With an appealing combination of background material and carefully selected mathematics, Galtier succeeds in presenting the flavor of each topic. His approach manages to whet readers' appetites without overwhelming them with lengthy derivations or excessive technicalities. The manageable level of detail and the modest length of the book make it suitable as an accompaniment to a graduate lecture course, which is indeed how the text originated. Particularly noteworthy is the inclusion of material on the Hall effect, which reflects a growing interest in that phenomenon in the context of MHD ... Galtier's attractive and concise volume joins several excellent modern introductory textbooks with somewhat different styles and emphases. ... I would recommend Introduction to Modern Magnetohydrodynamics to students - especially graduate students - learning the basics of this exciting field.' Gordon Ogilvie, Physics Today
Author Information
Sébastien Galtier is a professor of astrophysics at the Université Paris-Saclay, France. His research focusses on magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and he has published widely in the field. He was President of the French National Program in Solar Physics (CNRS) from 2010 to 2014, and is an honorary member of the prestigious Institut Universitaire de France.
