The simple science of flight from insects to jumbo jets /
"From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. The Simple Science of Flight offers a leisurely introduction to the mechanics of flight and, beyond that, to the scientific attitude that finds wonder in simple calculations, forging conne...
| Uniform Title: | Wetten van de vliegkunst. English |
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| Main Author: | Tennekes, H. |
| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
1997.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 137 pages) : illustrations. |
| Edition: | 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Wings according to size
- A hard day's flight
- In wind and weather
- Flying with finesse
- Flying playthings
- The 747 and its competitors
- Appendix: Flight data for selected birds.