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Principles of Fluid Mechanics

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The clarity of the writing and the step by step progression from general conservation laws, to integral and differential equations, to solvable problems, make this a great introduction to fluid mechanics for physicists and engineers. In addition to learning about fluids the reader will get lots of practice analyzing problems and applying mathematics that they have "learned" elsewhere. If you didn't learn it then, you will have to figure it out now, but luckily this material is exactly the kind of stuff you need to connect those abstract mathematical skills to the real world.

The first printing of this first edition, has too many errors, but most of them have obvious corrections. Hopefully, later printings will correct most of these.

I just asked the students in my class for which this is the text and they all agreed that they like the text, really liked the example problems and were sometimes confused by things that later turn out to be misprints.

My rating refers to the quality of the item delivered, not the content of the textbook itself, read on for details.

I ordered this book through Amazon.com, LLC hoping to avoid the many low quality counterfeit textbooks shipped by many third party sellers. When I opened the box, the packing slip said "Principles of Fluid Mechanics, [Hardcover]" but the textbook was just what I wanted to avoid. The cover was flimsy paper, the entire content of the textbook was printed in black and white on what looked like extremely cheap recycled paper.

I thought it had to be an error, so I called Amazon and requested an exchange. Lo and behold, the replacement item was the exact same low quality item. I ended up paying $50 LESS to get an actual hardcover from a third party seller on the site. I hope Amazon.com, LLC will look into their supplier and fix the issue soon. Until then, they are charging $150 for a product that is NOT as described.

This book walks you through the process with theoretical and example based lessons. It gets a little sparse on the examples in the later chapters though. Good all around though