Overview
The subject of turbulence remains and probably will remain as the most exciting one for the mind of researchers in a variety of ?elds. Since publication of the ?rst edition of this book in November 2001 a number of otherbooksonturbulencehaveappeared,forexampleBernardandWallace (2002), Oberlack and Busse (2002), Foias et al. (2001), Biskamp (2003), Davidson(2004),Jovanovich(2004),SagautandCambon(2008)tomention afew. Soonehastoaskagain thequestionwhyasecondeditionofonebook from a ?eld of so many on the same subject? Does it make any di?erence? Thereareadditionalreasonsapartofthosegiveninthe?rstedition. One of thebasic premises of this bookis thatWeabsolutelymustleave roomfor doubtor thereis noprogress and nolearning. Thereis nolearning without posing a question. And a question requires doubt...Now the freedom of doubt,whichisabsolutelyessentialforthedevelopmentofscience,wasborn from astruggle with constituted authorities...R. Feynmann (1964). This is closely related to the term 'conceptual ': the book has now a di?erent title An informal conceptual introduction to turbulence. One of the main f- tures of the ?rst edition was indeed its conceptual orientation. The second edition is an attempt to make this feature dominant. Consequently items whicharesecondaryfromthispointofview werereducedandeven removed in favour of those added which are important conceptually. This required addressing in more detail most common misconceptions, which are con- quencesoftheprofounddi?cultiesofthesubjectandwhichtravel fromone publication to another. Consequently a one page Appendix D listing some of these misconceptions in the ?rst edition became chapter 9 titled Ana- gies,misconceptions and ill de?ned concepts.
Full Product Details
Author: Arkady Tsinober
Publisher: Springer
Imprint: Springer
Edition: 2nd ed. 2009
Volume: 92
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 1.098kg
ISBN: 9789048131730
ISBN 10: 9048131731
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 05 September 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition: The intention of the book under review is to serve as an introduction to a broad readership with an interest in turbulence. ... the discussion is better suited to scientists in the field ... . Perhaps of most interest to the mathematically inclined reader is the discussion of 'turbulence versus mathematics and vice versa' ... . (Govind Menon, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 i)
From the reviews of the second edition: The intention of the book under review is to serve as an introduction to a broad readership with an interest in turbulence. ! the discussion is better suited to scientists in the field ! . Perhaps of most interest to the mathematically inclined reader is the discussion of 'turbulence versus mathematics and vice versa' ! . (Govind Menon, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 i)
