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Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different

Title: Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander.
Author: Alexander, David E., 1955-
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

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Description

xiv, 278 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.

Contents

Flying animals and flying machines : birds of a feather? -- Hey buddy, need a lift? -- Power : the primary push -- To turn or not to turn -- A tail of two tails -- Flight instruments -- Dispensing with power : soaring -- Straight up : vertical take-offs and hovering -- Stoop of the falcon : predation and aerial combat -- Biology meets technology head-on : ornithopters and human-powered flight.

Call Number

JSE 16-394

ISBN

9780813544793
0813544793

LCCN

2008035425

OCLC

2008035425

Author

Alexander, David E., 1955-

Title

Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander.

Imprint

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.

Research Call Number

JSE 16-394

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