Publisher’s description: This volume is written by Academician Sedov who is considered by many as the leading scientist in mechanics in the USSR. This latest fourth edition helps the reader in a relatively short time to master and acquire fully the essence of many geometrical and mechanical theories. Contents: Volume 1: Kinematics of a Deformable Medium; Dynamic Concepts and Dynamic Equations of Continuum Mechanics; The Closed Systems of Mechanical Equations for the Simplest Models of Continuous Media. Some Results from Tensor Analysis; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and Equations; Basic Concepts and Equations of Electrodynamics; On the Formulation of Problems in Continuum Mechanics; Nonlinear Tensor Functions of Several Tensor Arguments; Models of Continuous Media with Internal Degrees of Freedom; Volume 2: Hydrodynamics; Theory of Elasticity; Theory of Plasticity; Introduction to the Plane Problems of the Theory of Elasticity and the Theory of Cracks.