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Airplanes

Name: Airplanes
Brand: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780801890697
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780801890697

The Life Story of a Technology

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By Jeremy R. Kinney
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: December 14, 2008
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 184

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The airplane has redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war. From the Wright brothers' wood-and-fabric Flyer to the modern jet aircraft, the airplane has evolved in countless ways as its many uses have unfolded. The development of safe and efficient air travel required solving multiple engineering riddles about aerodynamics, control, propulsion, and structures. ''Airplanes'' shows how the solutions to these riddles have helped spur dramatic changes in the world's social and cultural life.

PrefaceIntroduction: Higher, Faster, and FartherTimeline1. The Origins of Powered Flight, 178319142. The First War in the Air, 191419183. The Aeronautical Revolution, 191819384. World War II in the Air, 193919455. The Second Aeronautical Revolution, 1930Present6. The Jet Airplane as a Military Weapon, 1945Present7. The Commercial Airplane, 1945Present8. General Aviation, 1920PresentConclusion: Higher, Ever HigherGlossarySelected BibliographyIndex

""The author manages to do an impressive job of thoroughly discussing the details and specifics of the way that airplane technology improved and the political movements, world events, and social change that brought about these improvements. The introduction also offers an excellent overview of the physics of flight and the time line of the evolution of the airplane.""

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