Airplanes

The Life Story of a Technology

AvJeremy Kinney

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

The invention of the airplane 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. This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series shows how the solutions to these riddles helped spur dramatic changes in the world's social and cultural life.The volume includes a glossary of terms, a timeline of important events, and a selected bibliography of useful resources for further information.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-06-30
Mått:156 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:425 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Greenwood Technographies
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313331503

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Jeremy R. Kinney is Curator in the Aeronautics Division at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. He has served as the Centennial of Flight lecturer at the University of Maryland.

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Another in a Greenwood Press series of monographs, Greenwood Technographies, this publication by Kinney gives a detailed, informative picture of the history and advancement of the airplane, which has evolved from its beginnings with the first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 to the maneuverable jets that can break the sound barrier today. This book is written in a very general and understandable style. 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. Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates; two-year technical program students.

Innehållsförteckning

Timeline of EventsPrefaceIntroduction: Higher, Faster, and FartherThe Origins of Powered FlightThe First War in the Air, 1914-1918The Aeronautical Revolution, 1918-1938World War II in the Air, 1939-1945The Second Aeronautical Revolution, 1930-1960The Jet Airplane as a Military Weapon, 1945-PresentThe Commercial Airplane, 1945-PresentGeneral Aviation, 1920-PresentConclusion: Higher, Ever HigherSelected BibliographyGlossaryIndex