Bloor, David. <br/><br/>
The enigma of the aerofoil   rival theories in aerodynamics, 1909-1930  

 - Chicago   London   The University of Chicago Press  2011 
 - xiv, 547 p 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Mathematicians versus practical men: the founding of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- The air as an ideal fluid: classical hydrodynamics and the foundations of aerodynamics -- Early British work on lift and drag: Rayleigh flow versus the aerodynamics of intuition -- Lanchester's cyclic theory of lift and its early reception -- Two traditions: mathematical physics and technical mechanics -- Technische Mechanik in action: Kutta's arc and the Joukowsky wing -- The finite wing: Ludwig Prandtl and the Göttingen school -- '"We have nothing to learn from the Hun": realization dawns -- The laws of Prandtl and the laws of nature -- Pessimism, positivism, and relativism: aerodynamic knowledge in context. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226060958 (PB) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011013059 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aerodynamics--History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>76-25 BLO