Worlds of Flow
A history of hydrodynamics from the Bernoullis to Prandtl
Seiten
2005
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-856843-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-856843-8 (ISBN)
Provides the history of hydrodynamics, including accounts of the problems of hydraulics, navigation, blood circulation, meteorology, and aeronautics that motivated the main conceptual innovations. This book documents the foundational role of fluid mechanics in developing a mathematical physics.
The first of its kind, this book is an in-depth history of hydrodynamics from its eighteenth-century foundations to its first major successes in twentieth-century hydraulics and aeronautics. It documents the foundational role of fluid mechanics in developing a new mathematical physics. 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, and it shows how hydrodynamics at last began to fulfill its early promise to unify the different worlds of flow. Richly illustrated, technically thorough, and sensitive to cross-cultural effects, this history should attract a broad range of historians, scientists, engineers, and philosophers and be a standard reference for anyone interested in fluid mechanics.
The first of its kind, this book is an in-depth history of hydrodynamics from its eighteenth-century foundations to its first major successes in twentieth-century hydraulics and aeronautics. It documents the foundational role of fluid mechanics in developing a new mathematical physics. 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, and it shows how hydrodynamics at last began to fulfill its early promise to unify the different worlds of flow. Richly illustrated, technically thorough, and sensitive to cross-cultural effects, this history should attract a broad range of historians, scientists, engineers, and philosophers and be a standard reference for anyone interested in fluid mechanics.
Olivier Darrigol is Research Director at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.
1. The dynamical equations ; 2. Water waves ; 3. Viscosity ; 4. Vortices ; 5. Instability ; 6. Turbulence ; 7. Drag and lift
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2005 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Numerous halftones and line drawings |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 248 mm |
| Gewicht | 788 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Strömungsmechanik | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-856843-6 / 0198568436 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-856843-8 / 9780198568438 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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