| Turbulence: The Legacy of A. N. Kolmogorov Contributor(s): Frisch, Uriel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521451035 ISBN-13: 9780521451031 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $159.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Hydraulics - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 532.052 |
| LCCN: 93042614 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.26" W x 9.25" (1.50 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written five centuries after the first studies of Leonardo da Vinci and half a century after A.N. Kolmogorov's first attempt to predict the properties of flow, this textbook presents a modern account of turbulence, one of the greatest challenges in physics. Fully developed turbulence is ubiquitous in both cosmic and natural environments, in engineering applications and in everyday life. Elementary presentations of dynamical systems ideas, probabilistic methods (including the theory of large deviations) and fractal geometry make this a self-contained textbook. This is the first book on turbulence to use modern ideas from chaos and symmetry breaking. The book will appeal to first-year graduate students in mathematics, physics, astrophysics, geosciences and engineering, as well as professional scientists and engineers. |