Electrodynamics of Continuous Media

Abstract

By L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz. Translated from the Russian by J. B. Sykes and J. S. Bell Oxford: Pergamon Press Ltd. Pp. x + 417. Price 84s. As the various volumes of this great work come out in English translation the precise measure of its greatness is revealed more and more. One can only repeat over and over again that there is nothing to compare with it inmodern times, not only in its scope but in the unity of the conception of theoretical physics lying behind it.