Revising this work after two decades, Anderson (emeritus, aerospace engineering, U. of Maryland) notes that the book's subject, the physical and mathematical fundamentals of hypersonic and high-temperature gas dynamics have not changed and has therefore retained nearly all of the first edition's material, but has added reference to the current technological state-of-the-art, coverage of shock-shock interactions, and chapter previews. Eighteen chapters are presented in sections on inviscid hypersonic flow, viscous hypersonic flow, and high-temperature gas dynamics. The only background assumed by the text is a basic knowledge of undergraduate fluid dynamics, including an introductory course on compressible flow. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)