Preface to the English Edition Preface to the Chinese Edition 6 Thermoelasticity 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Conservation Law of Energy and the Entropy Inequality 6.3 Constitutive Relations in Thermoelasticity 6.4 System of Thermoelastodynamics and Its Mathematical Structure 6.5 Propagation of Acceleration Waves Exercises Bibliography 7 Viscoelasticity 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Constitutive Equations of Viscoelastic Materials and the Dissipation Inequality 7.3 System of Viscoelastodynamics and Its Well-Posed Problems 7.4 Singularity of the Kernel and the Propagation of Linear Waves 7.5 Propagation of Acceleration Waves Exercises Bibliography 8 Kinetic Theory of Gases 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Boltzmann Equation 8.3 Equilibrium State of Dilute Gases 8.4 Conservation Laws 8.5 Zero-Order Approximation 8.6 First-Order Approximation 8.7 Vlasov Equation and Related Coupled Systems Exercises Bibliography 9 Special Relativity and Relativistic Fluid Dynamics 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Fundamental Principles in Special Relativity; the Lorentz Transformation 9.3 Space-Time Theory in Special Relativity 9.4 Relativistic Dynamics 9.5 Relativistic Fluid Dynamics 9.6 Mathematical Structure of the System of Relativistic Fluid Dynamics 9.7 System of Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Exercises Bibliography 10 Quantum Mechanics 10.1 Establishment of Quantum Mechanics 10.2 Schrrdinger Equation and Wave Function 10.3 Introduction to the Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics 10.4 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and the Dirac Equation Exercises Bibliography Appendix C Tensors in Minkowski Four-Space-Time C. 1 Minkowski Four-Space-Time and the Lorentz Transformation C.2 Tensors in Minkowski Four-Space-Time C.3 Operations of Tensors C.4 Covariant Derivatives of Tensors Index