The simple science of flight : from insects to jumbo jets /
Tennekes, H.
The simple science of flight : from insects to jumbo jets / Henk Tennekes. - 1st MIT Press pbk. edition. - x, 137 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Translation of: Wetten van de vliegkunst. "First English-language edition [published] 1996"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 133) and index.
Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Translated from the Dutch.
0262700654 9780262700658 0262201054 9780262201056
Aerodynamics
Flight
TL570 / .T4613 1997
629.1323
The simple science of flight : from insects to jumbo jets / Henk Tennekes. - 1st MIT Press pbk. edition. - x, 137 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Translation of: Wetten van de vliegkunst. "First English-language edition [published] 1996"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 133) and index.
Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Translated from the Dutch.
0262700654 9780262700658 0262201054 9780262201056
Aerodynamics
Flight
TL570 / .T4613 1997
629.1323