Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-386) and index.
Geometry of Physical Space -- Essentials of Non-Linear Elasticity Theory -- Geometric Formalization of the Body and Its Representation in Physical Space -- Strain Measures -- Motion -- Stress Measures -- Material Uniformity and Inhomogeneity -- Material Connections -- Balance Equations -- The Evolutionary Problem: Examples -- Algebraic Structures -- Review of Smooth Manifolds and Vector Bundles -- Connections on Principal Bundles.