Airplanes : the life story of a technology
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書誌事項
Airplanes : the life story of a technology
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
- : [pbk.]
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全4件
注記
"First published in 2006 by Greenwood Press" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-149) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
Preface
Introduction: Higher, Faster, and Farther
Timeline
1. The Origins of Powered Flight, 1783-1914
2. The First War in the Air, 1914-1918
3. The Aeronautical Revolution, 1918-1938
4. World War II in the Air, 1939-1945
5. The Second Aeronautical Revolution, 1930-Present
6. The Jet Airplane as a Military Weapon, 1945-Present
7. The Commercial Airplane, 1945-Present
8. General Aviation, 1920-Present
Conclusion: Higher, Ever Higher
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index
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