Principles of Plasma Physics for Engineers and Scientists
M**7
Best for such a complicated subject
Plasma physics is not an easy concept to grasp. This book really breaks it down and helps keep the different methods and ideas straight. It also helped that my professor wrote the book but he is great at making difficult material manageable and this book reflects that.
J**Z
very nice introduction to plasma physics.
I am currently working on my phD thesis on astrophysics .My thesis is on plasma instabilities around Accretion disks and obviously , a knowledge of plasma physics is crucial.I find this book an excellent source to start getting involved in deep on plasma physics.In particular , the kinetic theory ( which is usually hard to grasp ) is very easily presented .Many problems are left at the end of every chapter though , there are no answer for them.However , the suitable amount of examples illustrated in every chapter , make very accessible the solutions of those problems at the end of every chapter.before going to Landau or Bittencourt , go to this beautiful book.
F**N
Very helpful with useful examples
Unlike most other plasma books which get into very specific formulations very fast, this book is very readable. I would say it is like the best chapters of the Francis Chen plasma book, with the added bonus of worked numerical examples. Single particle motion, fluid and kinetic theory are very clearly explained. This book is a good balance between the intuitive explanations of Chen and the from first principles of the more obtuse book (Fundamentals of Plasma Physics) by Bittencourt.
