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.