Theory of Fluids Enters the 21st Century

As Quanta Magazine tells it, physics underwent a conceptual revolution in the late twentieth century. The discovery that matter emerges from nested layers—from molecules to subatomic particles to even stranger phenomena—triggered a complete rewriting of theories about how the physical world works. Yet one field escaped this upheaval: the theory of fluids remained essentially unchanged despite the cascade of insights happening all around it.

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