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What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics

By Peter P. Wegener (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
1991
ISBN
978-1-4684-0405-0, 978-1-4684-0403-6
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-0403-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6904342 bytes)
Pages
X, 225 pp. 89 figs.\225
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Fluid- and Aerodynamics

Description

Developed for humanities students at Yale and intended for the general reader interested in flight, this book is about aerodynamics in the broadest sense. To put the science into its social context, the author describes (with many illustrations) the history of human attempts to fly and discusses the outlook for future developments, as well as the social impact of commercial aviation. Although only elementary mathematics is used, the underlying science is discussed rigorously, but clearly, and with an emphasis on the visualizable aspects. Thus readers whose background is not in physics will deepen their knowledge of physics, gain an understanding of what keeps the huge airliners up, and appreciate some of the details of the exciting recent developments in technology.

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