Inhaltsangabe1 Prologue 2 Coordinate transformations 3 Balances (in particular in Cartesian systems 4 Spatial derivatives of fields 5 Balance equations in skew curvilinear coordinate systems 6 Constitutive equations in arbitrary coordinate systems 7 A first glance on field equations 8 Observers and frames of reference in classical continuum theory 9 Problems of linear elasticity 10 Selected problems for Newtonian and Maxwellian fluids 11 Introduction to time-independent plasticity theory 12 Entropy 13 Fundamentals of electromagnetic field theory Picture sources Subject index