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Fluid Dynamics: A Mixed Bag

Fluid Dynamics

By Dr. D. E. Rutherford. (University Mathematical Texts.) Pp. ix + 226. (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, Ltd.; New York: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1959.) 10s. 6d. net.

Introduction to the Theory of Compressible Flow By Prof. Shih-I Pai. Pp. xiii + 385. (New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.; London: D. Van Nostrand Company, Ltd., 1959.) 9.75 dollars; 73s.

Fluid Mechanics

By L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz. Translated from the Russian by J. B. Sykes and W. H. Reid. (Course of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 6.) Pp. xii + 536. (London and New York: Pergamon Press, 1959.) 105s. net.

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BATCHELOR, G. Fluid Dynamics: A Mixed Bag. Nature 186, 1000–1001 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1861000b0

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