Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics of MatterPaolucciS., Cambridge University Press, New York, 2016, 520 pp., $175

▶ Explores new ideas in continuum and quasi-continuum modeling of systems with a large number of degrees of freedom and sufficient complexity to require thermodynamic closure ▶ Emphasizes papers seeking to bridge the gap between discrete and continuum approaches as well as between micro and macro scales ▶ Focuses on simultaneous descriptions of complex systems at several disparate scales ▶ Explains new experimental findings