Turbulence--An Odyssey: Origins and Evolution of a Research Field at the Interface of Science and Engineering

by Michael Eckert

Turbulence is a research field where high expectations have met with recurrent frustration. It is a common perception among physicists, mathematicians and engineers that there is a "big mystery" behind the phenomenon of turbulence. Its history has also remained anything but well researched. Unlike topics such as quantum theory, which began to attract physics historians as long as fifty years ago, turbulence has - until now - received only little...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030914615
• ISBN13: 9783030914615
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"