Kr rajagopal has made many important contributions to the mechanics of continua in general and to nonlinear fluids in particular they have produced a compact moderately general book which encompasses many fluid models of current interestthe book is written very clearly and contains a large number of exercises and their solutions the level of mathematics is that commonly taught to undergraduates in mathematics departments this is an excellent book which is highly recommended to . An introduction to the mechanics of fluids authors c truesdell k r rajagopal series title modeling and simulation in science engineering and technology copyright 2000 publisher birkhauser basel copyright holder birkhauser boston ebook isbn 978 0 8176 4846 6 doi 101007 978 0 8176 4846 6 hardcover isbn 978 0 8176 4014 9 softcover isbn 978 0 8176 4845 9. This new advanced text reference presents an introduction to many aspects of fluid mechanics with particular emphasis on the description and response of nonlinear fluids results are developed and. An introduction to the mechanics of fluids by barton edwin h edwin henry 1858 publication date 1915 topics fluid mechanics publisher london new york longmans green