Ludwig Prandtl : a Personal Biography Drawn from Memories and Correspondence

Ludwig Prandtl a Personal Biography Drawn from Memories and Correspondence

When Ludwig Prandtl took up the Chair of Applied Mechanics at Göttingen University in 1904, the small university town became the cradle of modern fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. Not only did Prandtl found two research institutions of worldwide renown, the Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt (AVA) and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Vogel-Prandtl , Johanna, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2014.
Materias:
Prandtl, Ludwig, > 1875-1953.
Aeronautical engineers.
Applied mathematics.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Ludwig Prandtl's Childhood
  • 3. Ludwig Prandtl the Apprentice, Student, Engineer and Professor
  • 4. Engagement and Marriage
  • 5. 1911-1918 Everyday Professional Life
  • 6. Everyday Domestic Life
  • 7. Glider Flying
  • 8. An Offer of a Professorship in Munich
  • 9. Establishing the Institute and New Projects
  • 10. The New Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
  • 11. Trip to London
  • 12. Trip to Japan
  • 13. Everyday Domestic Routine Once More
  • 14. Holiday Trips
  • 15. The Year 1933
  • 16. Honorary Doctorates from Cambridge and Trondheim
  • 17. The Mountain House
  • 18. Intervention on Behalf of W. Heisenberg
  • 19. The Prevailing Climate at that Time
  • 20. Congress in America
  • 21. The Ideological Dispute Amongst Physicists
  • 22. Trip to Rumania
  • 23. The Last Years of the War
  • 24. The End of the War
  • 25. A New Beginning at the University
  • 26. The Immediate Post-War Period
  • 27. The Last Years of his Life
  • 28. Final Comments.

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