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Titolo: | Flight and motion : the history and science of flying |
Pubblicazione: | Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (5 volumes (640 pages)) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) |
Disciplina: | 629.13 |
Soggetto topico: | Aeronautics |
Aeronautics - History | |
Flight | |
Note generali: | Description based on print version record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contents by Theme; Introduction; Readers' Guide; Aerobatics; Aerodynamics; Aeronautics; Aerospace Manufacturing Industry; Aileron and Rudder; Air and Atmosphere; Air-Cushion Vehicle; Air Traffic Control; Aircraft, Commercial; Aircraft, Experimental ; Aircraft, Military; Aircraft Carrier; Aircraft Design; Airport; Airship; Alcock, John, and Brown, Arthur Whitten; Altitude; Apollo Program; Armstrong, Neil; Astronaut; Autogiro; Avionics; AWACS; Ballistics; Balloon; Barnstorming; Bell X-1; Benz, Karl, and Daimler, Gottlieb; Bernoulli's Principle; Biplane; Bird |
Black BoxBlériot, Louis; Boeing; Bomber; Cape Canaveral; Cayley, George; Challenger and Columbia; Cochran, Jacqueline; Cockpit; Cody, Leila Marie and Samuel; Coleman, Bessie; Communication; Concorde; Control System; Curtiss, Glenn; Da Vinci, Leonardo; De Havilland Comet; Douglas Commercial 3; Drone; Earhart, Amelia; Einstein, Albert; Ejection Seat; Energy; Engine; Fighter Plane; Flying Boat and Seaplane; Force; Fuel; Future of Aviation; Future of Spaceflight; Gagarin, Yuri; Glenn, John; Glider; Global Positioning System; Gossamer Penguin; Gravity; Hang Glider; Helicopter; Hindenburg | |
Hubble Space TelescopeHughes, Howard; Insect; International Space Station; Jet and Jet Power; Kennedy Space Center; Kite; Kitty Hawk Flyer; Landing Gear; Laws ot Motion; Lift and Drag; Lilienthal, Otto; Lindbergh, Charles; Materials and Structures; Microlight; Missile; Mitchell, Billy; Momentum; Montgolfier, Jacques-Étienne and Joseph-Michel; Myths and Legends; NASA; Navigation; Newton, Isaac; Night Witches; Ornithopter; Parachute; Pilot; Pitch, Roll, and Yaw; Pollution; Pressure; Propeller; Radar; Relativity, Theory of; Ride, Sally; Rocket; Satellite; Shepard, Alan; Shock Wave | |
Sikorsky, IgorSkydiving; Skyjacking; Sound Wave; Spaceflight; Space Probe; Space Race; Space Shuttle; Speed; Sputnik; Stability and Control; Stall; Stealth; Supersonic Flight; Synthetic Vision System; Tail; Takeoff and Landing; Thrust; Velocity; VTOL, V/STOL, and STOVL; Weight and Mass; Whittle, Frank; Wind Tunnel; Wing; World War I; World War II; Wright, Orville and Wilbur; General Glossary; Time Line; Measurements; Places of Interest; Further Reading and Web Sites; Index of Aircraft and Spacecraft; Index of People; General Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Traces the development of human flight from ancient myths and legends through today's space exploration, highlighting scientific discoveries and innovations that made aviation possible. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Flight and motion |
ISBN: | 1-317-47041-9 |
1-315-70429-3 | |
1-317-47042-7 | |
1-78034-982-3 | |
0-7656-8189-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817402103321 |
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