Worlds of Flow: A History of Hydrodynamics from the Bernoullis to Prandtl
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0198568436 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This is a book that all practising fluid dynamicists must read: I hope there will be a paperback edition soon, so that the strange history of the subject that Darrigol describes with such insight will become part of the intellectual legacy of interested students in engineering, mathematics and physics."--Nature
theory to practice and back again Alexander T. Gafford Olivier Darrigol has organized his history of hydrodynamics along topical lines rather than as a single narrative. A glance at the table of contents will show how this is done and quite effective it is. In each section the author goes in chronological fashion and continually compares the state of mathematical analysis with the often unsuccessful attempts to match that analysis to real fluid behavior. Parts of the book take us step by step through derivations in vector and tensor calculus leading to the Euler and Navier-Stokes formulations and other sections describe exper. Good Overview Very good overview for the covered period, but don't expect too much details. To study the proposed themes seriously, you have to consult a lot of the contained references, which, by the way, are very complete.. "Five Stars" according to Christine Valentine. Excellent book
The first of its kind, this book is an in-depth history of hydrodynamics from its eighteenth-century foundation to its first major successes in twentieth-century hydraulics and aeronautics. Richly illustrated, technically competent, and philosophically sensitive, it should attract a broad audience and become a standard reference for any one interested in fluid mechanics.. And it shows how hydrodynamics at last began to fulfill its early promise to unify the different worlds of flow. It gives full and clear accounts of the conceptual breakthroughs of physicists and engineers who tried to meet challenges in the practical worlds of hydraulics, navigation, blood circulation, meteorology, and aeronautics. It documents the foundational role of fluid mechanics in developing a new mathematical physics
Olivier Darrigol is Research Director at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.