Abstract
The great revolution in theoretical fluid mechanics (brought along by the advent of computers in the middle of the century) that replaced search for a formal solution of a general problem with the analysis of evolutions, is in turn threatened by consumerism replacing physical thought with easy, uncontrolled output.
Sommario. La grande rivoluzione nello studio della meccanica dei fluidi (conseguente alla nascita dei calcolatori a metà del secolo) consistette nel sostituire alla ricerca formale di una soluzione generale, l'analisi delle evoluzioni fisiche; ma il consumismo imperante minaccia ora di sostituire l'interpretazione fisica con la facile produzione di risultati incontrollati.
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Moretti, G. Intellectual Consumerism. Meccanica 33, 524–531 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004376728032
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