Book Shelf
This is a listing of books in my personal collection. I will add some reviews wherever possible. I have classified the books into following categories.
- Fluid Mechanics
- Mathematical Physics
- Physics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Fiction and Non-Fiction - English
- Tamil Books
Fluid Mechanics
- An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by G. K. Batchelor
- Fluid Mechanics by P. K. Kundu & I. M. Cohen
- Fluid Mechanics by Landau & Lifshitz (Vol. 6 of their Course of Theoretical Physics)
- Principles of Ideal-Fluid Aerodynamics by K. Karamcheti
- Fundamentals of Aerodynamics by J. D. Anderson Jr. I have the 3rd edition.
- Aerodynamics for Engineering Students by E. L. Houghton & N. B. Carruthers
- Vortex Dynamics by P. G. Saffman
- Boundary Layer Theory by H. Schlichting (7th edition)
- Boundary Layer Theory by H.Schlichting & K. Gersten (8th edition)
- Laminar Boundary Layers, edited by L.Rosenhead
- Momentum Transfer in Boundary Layers by T. Cebeci & P. Bradshaw
- Introduction to Hydrodynamics Stability by P. G. Drazin
- A First Course in Turbulence by H. Tennekes & J. L. Lumley
- The Structure of Turbulent Shear Flow by A. A. Townsend. I have the 1st edition.
- Turbulence by J. O. Hinze
- The Theory of Homogeneous Turbulence by G. K. Batchelor
- Turbulence by U. Frisch
- An Introduction to Turbulence and its Measurement by P. Bradshaw
- Computational Fluid Dynamics by J. D. Anderson
Mathematical Physics
- Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering by K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson & S. J. Bence
- Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers by C. M. Bender & S. A. Orszag
- Vector Analysis and Cartesian Tensors With Selected Applications by K. Karamcheti
- A Student’s Guide to Vectors and Tensors by D. Fleisch
- Tensor Analysis: Theory and Applications to Geometry and Mechanics of Continua by I. S. Sokolnikoff
- Fundamentals of Engineering Numerical Analysis by P. Moin
- A Student’s Guide to Fourier Transforms by J. F. James
- Perturbation Methods in Fluid Mechanics by Milton Van Dyke
- Partial Differential Equations in Physics by A. Sommerfeld
- Differential Equations with Applications and Historical Notes by G. F. Simmons
- Linear and Nonlinear Waves by G. B. Whitham
- A Course of Pure Mathematics by G. H. Hardy
- An Introduction to Fourier Analysis and Generalised Functions by M. J. Lighthill
Physics
- Feynman Lectures on Physics by R. P. Feynman (3 volumes)
- Classical Mechanics by H. Goldstein
- Waves (Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 3) by F. S. Crawford Jr.
- Statistical Physics (Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 5) by F. Reif
- Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics by F. Reif
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos by S. H. Strogatz
- Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (Lectures on Theoretical Physics, Vol. 2) by A. Sommerfeld
- Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths
- A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations by D. Fleisch
- The Road to Reality by R. Penrose
- Relativity: The Special and General Theory by A. Einstein
- The Nature of Space and Time by S. Hawking & R. Penrose
- Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics by H.B.Callen
Aerospace Engineering
- Introduction to Flight by J. D. Anderson Jr.
- Aircraft Performance & Design by J. D. Anderson Jr.
- Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion by P. Hill & C. Peterson
- Airplane Performance, Stability and Control by C. D. Perkins & R. E. Hage
- Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures by E. F. Bruhn
- Gas Turbine Theory by G. F. C. Rogers, H. Cohen & H. I. H. Saravanamuttoo
Fiction and Non-Fiction - English
- Chaos by James Gleick
- An Idealist View of Life by S. Radhakrishnan
- Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
- Godel’s Proof by E. Nagel, J. Newman & D. Hofstadter
- Flatland by E. A. Abbott
- Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Tamil Books - தமிழ்
- மேய்வதும் மேய்ப்பதும் யாது - வி. அமலன் ஸ்டேன்லி
- உறுமீன்களற்ற நதி - இசை
- கலாப்ரியா கவிதைகள்
- நீ, நான், மீன் - கலாப்ரியா
- பூமா ஈஸ்வரமூர்த்தி கவிதைகள்
- விக்ரமாதித்யன் கவிதைகள்
- சாந்தாமணியும் இன்னபிற காதல் கதைகளும் - வாமு கோமு
- காமக் கடும்புனல் - மகுடேசுவரன்
- பசித்த மானுடம் - கரிச்சான் குஞ்சு
- துணையெழுத்து - எஸ். ராமகிருஷ்ணன்
- கதாவிலாசம் - எஸ். ராமகிருஷ்ணன்
- இலைகளை வியக்கும் மரம் - எஸ். ராமகிருஷ்ணன்
- அறம் - ஜெயமோகன்
- ஊமைச் செந்நாய் - ஜெயமோகன்
- சூடிய பூ சூடற்க - நாஞ்சில் நாடன்
- கடைசி டைனோசர் - தேவதச்சன்
- யாருமற்ற நிழல் - தேவதச்சன்
- ஹேம்ஸ் என்னும் காற்று - தேவதச்சன்
- இரண்டு சூரியன் - தேவதச்சன்
- அந்நியமற்ற நதி - கல்யாண்ஜி
- நிலா பார்த்தல் - கல்யாண்ஜி
- வண்ணதாசன் கதைகள்