"Bringing the 1E up to date has added more than 200 pages of additional text. Anyone seriously involved with the application of [principle component analysis] will certainly want to purchase a copySeldom had such a wealth of material on a single topic in statistics appeared in one book. Goodall (1998) noted that there 'should be something of interest for even the most seasoned and experiences practitioner of multivariate statistics' (p. 352). All that material has gotten a whole lot more comprehensive here in this new edition. Goodall (1998) also labeled the book 'a good read'. Now it may be a little heavy for that purpose, but it certainly is a fantastic reference book."

"This book by Jackiw differs significantly from what is traditionally understood as 'lectures on fluid dynamics'. The author's aim is to show that the apparatus, methods, language, etc. developed for physics of particles can be successfully applied to fluid mechanics. everyone interested in fundamentals and deep theoretical approach to fluid mechanics should become acquainted with it." (K Piechor, Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 56 (3), 2003)

Contenu
1 Introduction.- 2 Classical Equations.- 3 Specific Models.- 4 Common Ancestry: The NambuGoto Action.- 5 Supersymmetric Generalization.- 6 One-Dimensional Case.- 7 Toward a Non-Abelian Fluid Mechanics.- 8 Noncommutative Fluid Mechanics.- Solutions to Problems.- References.