Post-Disaster Reconstruction : Meeting Stakeholder Interests Proceedings of a Conference held at the Scuola di Sanità Militare, Florence, Italy17-19 May 2006 / / David Alexander [and four others] |
Autore | Alexander David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Firenze : , : Firenze University Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (484 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.348 |
Collana | Atti |
Soggetto topico | Disaster relief |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Post-Disaster Reconstruction |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910572193303321 |
Alexander David | ||
Firenze : , : Firenze University Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? : Flying Animals, Flying Machines, and How They Are Different / / David Alexander |
Autore | Alexander David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.13 |
Soggetto topico |
Birds - Flight
Airplanes Flying-machines Animal flight Aeronautics |
ISBN | 0-8135-4861-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Flying Animals and Flying Machines: Birds of a Feather? -- 2. Hey, Buddy, Need a Lift? -- 3. Power: The Primary Push -- 4. To Turn or Not to Turn -- 5. A Tale of Two Tails -- 6. Flight Instruments -- 7. Dispensing with Power: Soaring -- 8. Straight Up: Vertical Take-Offs and Hovering -- 9. Stoop of the Falcon: Predation and Aerial Combat -- 10. Biology Meets Technology Head On: Ornithopters and Human-Powered Flight -- Epilogue: So Why Don’t Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780832603321 |
Alexander David | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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