I took this course (Ph. 136 Applications of Classical Physics) at Caltech 33 years ago from Kip Thorne (I also had Roger Blandford as a professor for high energy astrophysics) - they are both top notch physicists and teachers as well.  Some have wished the book was broken up in 3-4 books.  I disagree, I suspect most of these complaints are by readers in the early chapters of the book.  But what happens when you get to the later parts, on lets say, plasma physics, and need to refer back to a statistical mechanics chapter - and the other book is somewhere else.  I am glad it is one book.  My only criticism is that the book could be shorter.  The authors spend many pages telling you every chapter and every part what they are going to do in the coming pages - in my opinion they should just dive in and do it.  I don't need a readers or professor's teaching guide for a graduate level textbook.