A Voyage Through Turbulence

Herausgegeben von Davidson, Peter A.; Kaneda, Yukio; Moffatt, Keith; Sreenivasan, Katepalli R.

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Produktbeschreibung

Biographies of twelve of the leading personalities in turbulence research chart the development of the subject from Osborne Reynolds onward. Written by leading researchers in a style that requires no specialist knowledge, this book is a must for every scientist, engineer and mathematician interested in the history of the subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9780521149310
• ISBN-10: 0521149312
• Artikelnr.: 33689798

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface Peter Davidson, Yukio Kaneda, Keith Moffatt and Katepalli Sreenivasan; 1. Osborne Reynolds: a turbulent life Brian Launder and Derek Jackson; 2. Prandtl and the Göttingen school Eberhard Bodenschatz and Michael Eckert; 3. Theodore von Kármán A. Leonard and N. Peters; 4. G. I. Taylor: the inspiration behind the Cambridge school Katepalli Sreenivasan; 5. Lewis Fry Richardson Roberto Benzi; 6. The Russian school Gregory Falkovich; 7. Stanley Corrsin Charles Meneveau and James J. Riley; 8. George Batchelor: the post-war renaissance of research in turbulence H. K. Moffatt; 9. A. A. Townsend Ivan Marusic and Timothy B. Nickels; 10. Robert H. Kraichnan Gregory Eyink and Uriel Frisch; 11. Satish Dhawan Roddam Narasimha; 12. Philip G. Saffman Dale I. Pullin and Daniel I. Meiron; 13. Epilogue: a turbulence timeline Peter Davidson, Yukio Kaneda, Keith Moffatt and Katepalli Sreenivasan.

Rezensionen

"I highly recommend A Voyage Through Turbulence to all scientists, engineers, historians and philosophers of science, students, and to even the broader readership of anyone who is interested in the onset and nurturing of creative thoughts. Turbulence connoisseurs will savor devouring the book, but even the non-specialists will still get something utilitarian out of it."
Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, AIAA Journal