{"product_id":"9780792339588","title":"The Centenary of a Paper on Slow Viscous Flow by the Physicist H.A. Lorentz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Centenary of a Paper on Slow Viscous Flow by the Physicist H.A. Lorentz\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKuiken, H.K.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book commemorates the appearance one hundred years ago of  a paper on slow viscous flow, written by the physicist and Nobel  laureate H.A. Lorentz. Although Lorentz is not remembered by most as a  fluid dynamicist - indeed, his fame rests primarily on his  contributions to the theory of electrons, electrodynamics and early  developments in relativity - his fluid-mechanics paper of 1896  contains many ideas which have remained important in fluid mechanics  to this very day. In that short paper he put forward his reciprocal  theorem (an integral-equation formulation which is used extensively  nowadays in boundary-element calculations) and his reflection theorem.  Furthermore, he must be credited with the invention of the stokeslet.  \u003cbr\u003e  The contributors to this book have all made their mark in slow viscous  flow. Each of these authors highlights further developments of one of  Lorentz's ideas. There are applications in sintering, micropolar  fluids, bubbles, locomotion of microorganisms, non-Newtonian fluids,  drag calculations, etc. Other contributions are of a more theoretical  nature, such as the flow due to an array of stokeslets, the  interaction between a drop and a particle, the interaction of a  particle and a vortex, the reflection theorem for other geometries, a  disk moving along a wall and a higher-order investigation. \u003cbr\u003e  Lorentz's paper of 1896 is also included in an English translation. An  introductory paper puts Lorentz's work in fluid mechanics in a wider  perspective. His other great venture in fluid mechanics - his  theoretical modelling on the enclosure of the Zuyderzee - is  also discussed. The introduction also presents a short description of  Lorentz's life and times. It was Albert Einstein who said of Lorentz  that he was `...the greatest and noblest man of our time'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1996-04-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792339588\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-009-0225-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 260cm x195cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 312\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312763818124,"sku":"9780792339588","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792339588.jpg?v=1771529927","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792339588","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}