A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tokaty, G. A. (Author), Engineering (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486681033 ISBN-13: 9780486681030 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: This account of the evolution and coherence of fluid motion theory focuses on achievements by pioneering thinkers from Plato to Mach. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Hydraulics - Science | Mechanics - General - Technology & Engineering | Civil - General |
Dewey: 532.009 |
LCCN: 94007411 |
Series: Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.41" W x 8.49" (0.66 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Through the centuries, the intricacies of fluid mechanics -- the study of the laws of motion and fluids in motion -- have occupied many of history's greatest minds. In this pioneering account, a distinguished aeronautical scientist presents a history of fluid mechanics focusing on the achievements of the pioneering scientists and thinkers whose inspirations and experiments lay behind the evolution of such disparate devices as irrigation lifts, ocean liners, windmills, fireworks and spacecraft. |