Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Characteristic parameters of a plasma; 3. Single particle motions; 4. Waves in a cold plasma; 5. Kinetic theory and the moment equations; 6. Magnetohydrodynamics; 7. Discontinuities and shock waves; 8. Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma; 9. Waves in a hot magnetized plasma; 10. Nonlinear effects; 11. Collisional processes.

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Advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate text on space and laboratory plasma physics.

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'… [an] engaging text, clear and accessible … Highly intuitive explanations get right to the point, and careful derivations often include sophisticated yet concise discussions of subtleties. … Some complex topics are described so clearly that they make the reader feel really smart.' American Journal of Physics