This account of the evolution and coherence of fluid motion theory focuses on achievements by pioneering thinkers from Plato to Mach.
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Hydrodynamics by Sir Horace Lamb A classic presentation of the subject and a standard reference, unexcelled for its exposition of fundamental theorems, equations, and detailed methods of solution. 1932 edition.
Hypersonic Inviscid Flow by Wallace D. Hayes, Ronald F. Probstein Unified, self-contained view of nonequilibrium effects, body geometries, and similitudes available in hypersonic flow and thin shock layer; appropriate for graduate-level courses in hypersonic flow theory. 1966 edition.
