A special feature of the book I .. [ [ B. Zeldovich is not the computational methods of numerical integration of complex two- and three-dimensional gas dynamics, but the presentation and physical justification of the fundamental principles of gas dynamics, the limiting laws and methods of solving simple, but fundamental problems ..... The book is of interest to researchers, students and graduate students specializing in the field of gas dynamics of explosive waves, as well as to historians of science and all those interested in .