Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability

by Subrahmanijan Chandrasekhar

Book Overview

Dr. Chandrasekhar's book received high praise when it first appeared in 1961 as part of Oxford University Press' International Series of Monographs on Physics. Since then it has been reprinted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048664071X
• ISBN13: 9780486640716
• Release Date: February 1981
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Perfect book for Hydrodynamic Instabilities

Great text.Well written although a very basic knowledge of some concepts is required. Pictures and illustrations are direct and informative.Great buy in short.

Book on Hydrodynamic

This is one of the classic books written by Chandrasekhar. This is extremely helpful for the people working on Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability.

Most affordable of the classics on hydrodynamic stability

This is one of the standard monographs on hydrodynamic instabilities, considered a classic. It was published by Oxford UP in 1961 and is kept in print (at a bargain price) by Dover. It is still very usable, easy to read, and an excellent introduction, although on some points it is out of date. For Rayleigh-Benard convection, a reader would do well to consult more recent books like Drazin & Reid, Swinney & Gollub, Koschmieder, and Getling. However, nobody covers the linear theory better than Chandrasekhar.

A practical, beautiful masterpiece

I first read this book just to better understand a small point in a fluid dynamics paper I was reading, but quickly realized it is an encyclopaedic masterpiece, and found myself reading more and more. Chandasekhar's explanations are clear, easily readable, and complete, and should be a model for other writers. Anyone working on fluids should own this.