Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics (The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics)
Contributors: Andrew M. Soward (Editor); Christopher A. Jones (Editor); David W. Hughes (Editor); Nigel O. Weiss (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: March 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780849333552
Subjects: Astrophysics; Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building; Geophysics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Magnetohydrodynamics; Mechanics - Dynamics - Fluid Dynamics; Science / Physics; Dynamo theory (Cosmic physics); Fluid dynamics
First sentence: A thin disc of gas in Keplerian orbital motion around a central mass is one of the most characteristic fluid flows in astrophysics.