What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics

By Peter P. Wegener

Book Overview

This book is about aerodynamics in the broadest sense. In addition to airplanes, it discusses the aerodynamics of cars and birds, and the motion of diverse object through air and water. The underlying science is discussed rigorously, but only elementary mathematics is used, and only occasionally.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387947841
• ISBN13: 9780387947846
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 9.6"