Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / / David E. Alexander.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 278 p. :; ill. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? |h [electronic resource] : |b flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / |c David E. Alexander. |
| 260 | |a New Brunswick, N.J. : |b Rutgers University Press, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 278 p. : |b ill. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Aeronautics |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Animal flight |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Flying-machines |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Airplanes |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Birds |x Flight |v Popular works. | |
| 655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
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