A history of rockets from prehistoric times to the (then) present day, and of ideas about the possibilities of space travel past and present.

    This book fills that need. While even elementary definitions and theorems are stated in detail, this is not recommended as a first text in probability and there has been no compromise with the mathematics of probability. Since readers complained that omission of certain mathematical detail increased the obscurity of the subject, the text contains various mathematical points that might otherwise seem extraneous. A supplement includes a treatment of the various aspects of measure theory. A chapter on the specialized problem of prediction theory has also been included and references to the literature and historical remarks have been collected in the Appendix.

    Useful for advanced undergraduates in physics and engineering who have some familiarity with calculus, this text is an edition of An Introduction to Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Statistical Mechanics, written by Francis Sears.

    2 of the author's The internal combustion engine.

    The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow thoroughly addresses all topics germane to the study of fluid dynamics. The book also further explores the mechanisms by which progress in the field has been driven by applying theoretical analysis to the design of new experiments and by interpreting experimental results within the framework of existing theoretical knowledge.