Explore the fascinating world of high-energy gas flows with “Introduction to Reactive Gas Dynamics” from The Bookish Owl. This essential guide delves into physical and chemical processes occurring at high velocities and temperatures, where molecular excitation, dissociation, ionization, and reactions significantly shape flow structures. Unlike traditional fluid mechanics, this book addresses the thermodynamic and chemical non-equilibrium common in reactive media. It provides a fundamental statistical study, analyzing transport phenomena, relaxation, kinetics, and their complex couplings with illustrative examples. Discover macroscopic re-entry body dynamics, experimental flow studies, simulations in shock tubes and tunnels, and crucial aerospace applications. Ideal for students and professionals in thermodynamics, statistical physics, fluid mechanics, and aerospace engineering seeking to understand and calculate complex reactive flows.