Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective

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Summary: Heavy in math, but illustrations and commentary helps.
Review: As it must be, this book is heavy in math, yet does not treat the subject just from a mathmatics point of view. It is filled with illustrations, photographs and commentary to help explain the subject matter. The only thing that seems to be missing is a math symbols list! It's a good text, well written and worth the money.

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Summary: If you're into aerospace engineering, you gotta read this!!!
Review: Riveting and captivating! Those are the 2 words I will use to describe this book. From the table of contents to the enlightening appendices, this book was simply amazing! I don't know what I would have done without it.

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Summary: Get this book and learn all about gas dynamics!
Review: This book has it all. No matter what your major is...from Aerospace Engineering to Mechanical Engineering, or if you're into thermodynamics, you've gotta get this book!

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Summary: The best engineering book I have ever read
Review: This book was an indispensible study tool for my PhD qualifying exam in high temp gas dynamics. Before reading this book I had never had a formal compressible flow class and I think that it covers the fundamental concepts of frozen compressible flow very well. If you don't have an excellent understanding of normal and oblique shocks, expansion fans, nozzle flow, blunt body flow and shock tubes after reading this book, you haven't been paying attention!

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Summary: a little disappointing
Review: Well written classic supersonic theory, but "flavor" of numerical methods is given only : I think a college textbook of that price should give more than just flavor. Classic supersonic theory is not complete and needs to be integrated with other prior classic books (i.e. Ferri, Aerodynamics of supersonic flows). Overally, a little disappointing about the quantity of information given.

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Summary: a little disappointing
Review: Well written classic supersonic theory, but "flavor" of numerical methods is given only : I think a college textbook of that price should give more than just flavor. Classic supersonic theory is not complete and needs to be integrated with other prior classic books (i.e. Ferri, Aerodynamics of supersonic flows). Overally, a little disappointing about the quantity of information given.