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

Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? offers a fascinating explanation of how nature and human engineers each arrived at powered flight. What emerges is a highly readable account of two very different approaches to solving the same fundamental problems of moving through the air, including lift...

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Main Author: Alexander, David E., 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
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