Over the last decade a number of books on turbulence have appeared.
To mention a few: Biswas and Eswaran (2000), Bohr et al. (1998), Chorin
(1994), Durbin and Pettersson (2001), Frisch (1995), Holmes et al. (1996),
Lesieur (1997), Libby (1996), Mankbadi (1994), Mathiew and Scott (2000),
McComb (1990), Piquet (1999), Pope (2000), Scott and Mathiew (2000).
So why one more book on the subject? Does it make any difference?
The key words are informal introduction. The book, which is not a
textbook, is essentially an introduction, and it is an informal introduction
that, as far as possible, presents its material in a qualitative form. There
are several reasons why an introduction to turbulence should be as informal
(in several meanings) as possible.