Sears (1913-2002) was one of the pillars of US aerodynamics of the 20th century. These notes were published in 1948 as the first of four parts, and while the other three were never written, this one became a standard textbook, most recently revised for a 1970 publication. Telionis (emeritus, engineering science and mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) was one of several generations who were first introduced to ideal aerodynamics and hydrodynamics with this text, and prepares it for the next few generations. It covers kinematics of fluid flows, dynamics of frictionless fluids, the irrotational motion of an incompressible fluid: Laplace's equations, the motion of bodies in an incompressible frictionless fluid, and plane irrotational incompressible flow: complex variables. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)