Overview
- Provides historical insights into current research topics in turbulence
- Positions specific issues in turbulence research in a broader context
- Encourages students from engineering, physics and mathematics to explore this challenging field
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology (BRIEFSHIST)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
On the road toward a history of turbulence, this book focuses on what the actors in this research field have identified as the “turbulence problem”. Turbulent flow rose to prominence as one of the most persistent challenges in science. At different times and in different social and disciplinary settings, the nature of this problem has changed in response to changing research agendas.
This book does not seek to provide a comprehensive account, but instead an exemplary exposition on the environments in which problems become the subjects of research agendas, with particular emphasis on the first half of the 20th century.
Reviews
“This is a third level on which one can enjoy Eckert’s short monograph and the on which I recommend it to the reader’s attention.” (Scott Guthery, MAA Reviews, January 4, 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Michael Eckert studied physics at the Technical University of Munich and received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bayreuth in 1979. He has dedicated his career to the history of physics. Since 1981, Dr. Eckert has been engaged in several projects on the history of modern physics at the Deutsches Museum, Munich. He has authored and co-authored books and articles on such diverse topics as the history of solid-state physics, plasma physics, and fluid dynamics. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Editorial Board of the European Physical Journal H: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Physics (EPJH).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Turbulence Problem
Book Subtitle: A Persistent Riddle in Historical Perspective
Authors: Michael Eckert
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31863-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31862-8Published: 10 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31863-5Published: 05 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2211-4564
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4572
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 107
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, History of Science, History of Mathematical Sciences