Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? : : Flying Animals, Flying Machines, and How They Are Different /

Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? : : Flying Animals, Flying Machines, and How They Are Different / / David Alexander.

What do a bumble bee and a 747 jet have in common? It's not a trick question. The fact is they have quite a lot in common. They both have wings. They both fly. And they're both ideally suited to it. They just do it differently. Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? offers a fascinati...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Alexander, David,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 32 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Flying Animals and Flying Machines: Birds of a Feather?
  • 2. Hey, Buddy, Need a Lift?
  • 3. Power: The Primary Push
  • 4. To Turn or Not to Turn
  • 5. A Tale of Two Tails
  • 6. Flight Instruments
  • 7. Dispensing with Power: Soaring
  • 8. Straight Up: Vertical Take-Offs and Hovering
  • 9. Stoop of the Falcon: Predation and Aerial Combat
  • 10. Biology Meets Technology Head On: Ornithopters and Human-Powered Flight
  • Epilogue: So Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings?
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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