Simulated Historic Background of New Theory of Flight

With modern simulation technology the history of of science can be made alive again and shed light on contemporary science. Here are some snapshots from the historic background of the New Theory of Flight presented on The Secret of Flight with key scientists expressing key ideas:

• Prandtl Discovers the Boundary Layer
• Zhukovsky Discovers Circulation Generated by Sharp Trailing Edge
• D'Alembert Describes his Paradox
• Feynman Presents the New Theory of Flight
• Einstein on the New Theory of Flight
• Clinton on the Zhukovsky Scandal
• Popper on the Kutta-Zhukovsky-Prandtl Theory of Flight
• German Aerodynamics during the 2nd World War
• Birkhoff on Modern Fluid Mechanics
• Euler on His Equations for Fluid Mechanics
• Herrmann Schlichting of Prandtl's Boundary Layer Theory
• Cyril Hinshelwood on the Split between Theoretical and Practical Fluid Mechanics
• Von Karman on Prandtl's Limitations as Mathematician
• Thomas Kuhn on Fluid Mechanics.