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Fluid Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)

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This book has been used by several universities and adopted as the course text for several years by the US Naval Academy. It is written to strengthen student's background in applied math, and has many clever example problems. The degree of difficulty is slightly greater than most other texts on the subject but it is justified in that the aim is to improve student's math prowess.

This is an excellent book on Fluid Mechanics. It covers all the important topics that both students and practitioners are likely to encounter. Notably, the structure of the book is very logical in that it starts with the fundermentals upon which the more advanced topics are successively built. Three key features of this book are especially outstanding: 1) provision of many worked examples through out the book, 2) provision of many illustrations, including photographs, and 3) provision of problems for the reader to solve at the end of each chapter.

The most notable shortcoming of this book is the fact that it does not use SI units, which are used by many countries. This is a disadvantage as far as international readers are concerned. That is not in the case for USA readers, which is probably the target market for the book. All in all, it is a 5-star book.

Clear yet rigorous approach to a complex topic. This book provides a strong foundation for the equations of fluid motion that is quite approachable. It organizes well Navier Stokes to other equations such as Euler's and Bernoulli's. A useful text for undergraduate engineering students.

I love this book!
I borrowed it from a coworker and ended up ordering a copy for myself. The writing is clear and concise, but not too brief, making the book very understandable and useful for self-teaching.
Also, as an undergraduate student, I'm on a tight budget after purchasing my regular college textbooks, but this one is quite reasonably priced. Probably the best $20 a mechanical engineering student can spend.
(Also, if you are not familiar with tensors or more advanced vector calculus, Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics (Dover Books on Engineering) is another great book and makes a perfect companion.)

This book contains everything a newcomer on Fluid Mechanics would desire. It has a good introduction on the topic, and contains a lot of illustrations and explanations which simplify this hard subject, avoiding any lack of rigor. I undoubtelly recommend it.
However, an advanced student would prefer other books, such as Landau.

An excellent introduction to Fluid Mechanics clearly written and well illustrated. The book balances theory and practice elegantly. It should be the first reference for anyone interested in this subject. Very didactic. I would really like to see a new edition of this book.

I was astonished when I received the book. It's totally a new book. Sure I'm content with this book before I decided to buy it. Five star!!