Contents: General. Materials: Single Crystals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites, Polar Glass Ceramics. Measurements and Standards: Constants of Alpha Quartz, Acoustic Microscopy, IEEE Standard. Devices and Applications (16 papers). Appendices. Author Index.

Problems of Point Blast Theory covers all the main topics of modern theory with the exception of applications to nova and supernova outbursts. All the presently known theoretical results are given and problems which are still to be resolved are indicated. A special feature of the book is the sophisticated mathematical approach. Of interest to specialists and graduate students working in hydrodynamics, explosion theory, plasma physics, mathematical physics, and applied mathematics.