W.L. Wilkinson: Non-Newtonian fluids : London: Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1960. 138 pp. 37s. 6d

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• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1961
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 231 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2509
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(61)80012-2

✦ Synopsis

Txns textbook has been written for use in courses emphasizing the quantitative aspects of modern chemistry.

It is intended primarily for students whose major interest is in the physical sciences and engineering. As stated in the preface, it is planned for that particular type of student who will have had an above-average course in high school chemistry, will understand-and be prepared to use -Amt.-year college-level mathematics and will be interested in both the " how " and " why " of chemistry. The organization and presentation of the subject seems, in general, well-suited for the type of student described.

Students without superior background and enthusiasm for the subject would probably iind the work too difficult. This reviewer believes that, at the present time, the courses in mathematics and chemistry taught in many secondary schools fail to provide adequate background for the rigorous treatment presented in this book.