Flight and motion : the history and science of flying.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

M.E. Sharpe, Inc., issuing body.

Series:

A Colour Atlas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics--Encyclopedias.

Aeronautics.

Aeronautics--History--Encyclopedias.

Flight--Encyclopedias.

Flight.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 volumes (640 pages)) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color).

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traces the development of human flight from ancient myths and legends through today's space exploration, highlighting scientific discoveries and innovations that made aviation possible.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contents by Theme; Introduction; Readers' Guide; Aerobatics; Aerodynamics; Aeronautics; Aerospace Manufacturing Industry; Aileron and Rudder; Air and Atmosphere; Air-Cushion Vehicle; Air Traffic Control; Aircraft, Commercial; Aircraft, Experimental ; Aircraft, Military; Aircraft Carrier; Aircraft Design; Airport; Airship; Alcock, John, and Brown, Arthur Whitten; Altitude; Apollo Program; Armstrong, Neil; Astronaut; Autogiro; Avionics; AWACS; Ballistics; Balloon; Barnstorming; Bell X-1; Benz, Karl, and Daimler, Gottlieb; Bernoulli's Principle; Biplane; Bird

Black BoxBlériot, Louis; Boeing; Bomber; Cape Canaveral; Cayley, George; Challenger and Columbia; Cochran, Jacqueline; Cockpit; Cody, Leila Marie and Samuel; Coleman, Bessie; Communication; Concorde; Control System; Curtiss, Glenn; Da Vinci, Leonardo; De Havilland Comet; Douglas Commercial 3; Drone; Earhart, Amelia; Einstein, Albert; Ejection Seat; Energy; Engine; Fighter Plane; Flying Boat and Seaplane; Force; Fuel; Future of Aviation; Future of Spaceflight; Gagarin, Yuri; Glenn, John; Glider; Global Positioning System; Gossamer Penguin; Gravity; Hang Glider; Helicopter; Hindenburg

Hubble Space TelescopeHughes, Howard; Insect; International Space Station; Jet and Jet Power; Kennedy Space Center; Kite; Kitty Hawk Flyer; Landing Gear; Laws ot Motion; Lift and Drag; Lilienthal, Otto; Lindbergh, Charles; Materials and Structures; Microlight; Missile; Mitchell, Billy; Momentum; Montgolfier, Jacques-Étienne and Joseph-Michel; Myths and Legends; NASA; Navigation; Newton, Isaac; Night Witches; Ornithopter; Parachute; Pilot; Pitch, Roll, and Yaw; Pollution; Pressure; Propeller; Radar; Relativity, Theory of; Ride, Sally; Rocket; Satellite; Shepard, Alan; Shock Wave

Sikorsky, IgorSkydiving; Skyjacking; Sound Wave; Spaceflight; Space Probe; Space Race; Space Shuttle; Speed; Sputnik; Stability and Control; Stall; Stealth; Supersonic Flight; Synthetic Vision System; Tail; Takeoff and Landing; Thrust; Velocity; VTOL, V/STOL, and STOVL; Weight and Mass; Whittle, Frank; Wind Tunnel; Wing; World War I; World War II; Wright, Orville and Wilbur; General Glossary; Time Line; Measurements; Places of Interest; Further Reading and Web Sites; Index of Aircraft and Spacecraft; Index of People; General Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781317470410

1317470419

9781315704296

1315704293

9781317470427

1317470427

9781780349824

1780349823

9780765681898

0765681897

OCLC:

712621288