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Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics: A Collective Introduction to Current Research.

Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics: A Collective Introduction to Current Research. G.K. Batchelor H.K. Moffatt, and M. G. Worster, eds. Cambridge University Press, 40 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10011-4211. 2000. 631 pp. ISBN 0-521-78061-6. $160.

The 11 chapters that make up this book, each

introducing a different branch of the subject, are intended to provide students with an idea of which topics are currently being researched in fluid mechanics and how to make a choice among them. Though not exhaustive, the coverage is broad: Thin-film flows, Saffman-Taylor fingering, flows in arteries and veins, convective and absolute instabilities, turbulence, natural convection, magnerohydrodynamics, solidification, geological fluid mechanics, oceanography, and atmospheric dynamics are introduced and reviewed. The book may also be of interest to specialists seeking an introduction to other areas of the field.

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