Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? [electronic resource] : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander.
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Alexander, David E., 1955-
ISBN
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9780813548616
9780813544793
Title
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Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? [electronic resource] : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander.
Author
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Alexander, David E., 1955-
Personal Author
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Alexander, David E., 1955-
Publication Information
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages) : illustrations
Contents
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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.
Local Note
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Subject Term
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Aeronautics -- Popular works.
Animal flight -- Popular works.
Flying-machines -- Popular works.
Airplanes -- Popular works.
Birds -- Flight -- Popular works.
Aerodynamics -- Popular works.
Flight -- Popular works.
Airplanes -- Wings -- Popular works.
Lift (Aerodynamics)
Vertically rising aircraft -- Aerodynamics -- Popular works.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2009
Publication Information
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
| Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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| 629.13 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |