内容简介
TheNobelLaureate'smonumentalstudysurveyshydrodynamicandhydromagneticstabilityasabranchofexperimentalphysics.Amongthesubjectstreated：thermalinstabilityofalayeroffluidheatedfrombelow，theBenardproblem，stabilityofCouetteflow，andtheKelvin-Helmholtzinstability.
作者简介
SubrahmanyanChandrasekhar:AShiningStarThegreatIndianastrophysicistSubrahmanyanChandrasekhar(1910–1995),recipientoftheNobelPrizeinPhysicsin1983forhisworkonthelaterevolutionarystagesofmassivestars,wasnotonlytheauthorofseveralbooksreprintedbyDoverovermanyyears,butafrequentandhighlyvaluedrevieweroftitlesinhisfieldduringthe1970sand1980s.Chandrasekhar'sbooks,publishedbyDover,are:AnIntroductiontotheTheoryofStellarStructure,1967;HydrodynamicandHydromagneticStability,1981;PrinciplesofStellarDynamics,2005;EllipsoidalFiguresofEquilibrium,1987;andRadiativeTransfer,1960.Forthoseconcernedwiththedistantfuture―thereallydistantfuture―Chandrasekhar'snamewillalwaysbeassociatedwiththeChandrasekharLimit,thefigureof1.44solarmasses,theminimalmassabovewhichadyingstarwillcollapseintoablackholefollowingasupernova.PeopleonEarthneednotbebotheredanticipatingsuchdrama:forus,whenthesundies,thelightswilljustgoout.Inastrophysicalterms,oursunwillatthatpointbeastablewhitedwarf.CriticalAcclaimforSubrahmanyanChandrasekhar:
"AnynewfactorinsightthatImayhavefoundhasnotseemedtomeasa'discovery'ofmine,butrathersomethingthathadalwaysbeenthereandthatIhadchancedtopickup.IdiscoveredtruemathematicalelegancefromSubrahmanyanChandrasekhar."―CarlSagan,,
