The author has had wide experience in both engineering and physics departments. After early career experience in research and development in the nuclear power industry, he returned to university to study theoretical physics. Following the completion of a PhD in turbulence theory, he took up the post of Senior Scientific Officer in the Theoretical Physics Division at AERE, Harwell. Thereafter he held successively lectureships in engineering science and physics, a readership in physics, and a personal chair in statistical physics at Edinburgh University. On his retirement in 2006, he was appointed Professor Emeritus, and now also holds a Senior Professorial Fellowship. He has been guest professor at the University of Delft, and visiting fellow at Wolfson College and the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge. During the period 2007-09 he held a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship.
Homogeneous, Isotropic Turbulence is the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the core fundamental problem of fluid turbulence - it is long overdue. It provides clear and detailed expositions of all the important aspects of this field including phenomenology, statistical closure theory, the renormalization group and subgrid modelling. It assesses and resolves longstanding misunderstandings and major controversies with rigor and flair. The notation is elegant and modern and it is set to become a classic reference and text for engineers, physicists, mathematicians and geophysical fluid dynamicists with interests in turbulence, as well as for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. --Jorgen Frederiksen, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research This book is a unique contribution to the field, providing the reader with a unified presentation of actual theories and recent results. It displays a smart and lucid presentation of controversies, shortcomings, and misleading conceptions. This book is a hugely important contribution to the literature on turbulence, which will be highly valuable to all students, researchers, and engineers interested in turbulence. --Pierre Sagaut, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6