Worlds of Flow: A history of hydrodynamics from the Bernoullis to Prandtl

by OlivierDarrigol (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $43.72

  This book provides the first fully-fledged history of hydrodynamics, including lively accounts of the concrete problems of hydraulics, navigation, blood circulation, meteorology, and aeronautics that motivated the main conceptual innovations. Richly illustrated it becomes a standard reference for any interested in fluid mechanics.