Darrigol Olivier:
Worlds Of Flow
A History Of Hydrodynamics From The Bernoullis To Prandtl
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2005
Hardback, 370 pages
Size: 240x168 mm
ISBN: 9780198568438
ISBN-10: 0198568436
Worlds Of Flow
Provides the history of hydrodynamics, including accounts of the problems of hydraulics, navigation, blood circulation, meteorology, and aeronautics that motivated the main conceptual innovations. This book documents the foundational role of fluid mechanics in developing a mathematical physics.

