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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics
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Ferdinand Pierre Beer
For the past fifty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Over the years their textbooks have introduced significant theoretical and pedagogical innovations in statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials education. At the same time, their careful presentation of content, ...
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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As we complete the preliminary reconnaissance of our neighborhood in space, we need a long-term over-arching vision of the human future. In this new title by "Cosmos" author Carl Sagan, he reveals how science has altered our perception of who we are and where we stand--and challenges us to weigh what we will do with that knowledge in the future.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
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Ferdinand Pierre Beer
For the past fifty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Over the years their textbooks have introduced significant theoretical and pedagogical innovations in statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials education. At the same time, their careful presentation of content, ...
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Airport Planning & Management
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Alexander T Wells, Ed.D
'Excellent and comprehensive' - "Bookends". 'A must-read for students and anyone wanting to learn more about the how and why of airports' - "Airliners". Extensively revised and updated to reflect post-9/11 changes in the industry, this new edition of the benchmark text and reference in airport planning and management brings aviation students and ...
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Introduction to flight
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John D Anderson, Jr.
Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. "Introduction to Flight" blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through this perspective. Anderson covers new developments in flight, ...
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Handbook of Model Rocketry
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G Harry Stine
The Classic Guide by the "Father of Model Rocketry" Now Completely Revised and up to Date This new edition of the model rocketeer's "bible" shows you how to safely build, launch, track, and recover model rockets - and have fun doing it. Whether you're a beginner or a veteran model rocketeer, the Handbook of Model Rocketry, the official manual of ...
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Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
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Jerry M Linenger, Captain, M.D., PH.D.
It was like nothing on Earth. 'An unvarnished account of his near-disastrous stay, in 1997, on Russia's creaky space station...an engrossing report that NASA's publicity machine will bemoan' - "Booklist". '[Linenger's] frank, personable prose shows readers what it's like to be an astronaut - or at least to be this particular astronaut, trying, ...
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Airplane Flying Handbook
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Federal Aviation Administration (Editor), U S Dept of Transportation (Editor), F a a (Editor)
This official U.S. government guide to piloting aircraft--created by the Federal Aviation Administration--is "the" essential resource for finding the knowledge and skills to fly all types of planes. It includes an introduction to flight training and official information on ground operations, basic flight maneuvers, slow flight, stalls and spins, ...
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Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
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Professor John D Anderson, Jr.
In keeping with its bestselling previous editions, "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, fourth edition", offers the most readable, interesting, and up-to-date overview of aerodynamics to be found in any text. The classic organization of the text has been preserved, with new standalone viscous flow sections at the end of various chapters to conceptualize ...
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Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
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Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton
Alan Shepard was the first American to rocket into space and Deke Slayton was supervisor of the US astronaut corps for 12 years. This is their account of the bitter struggle between the super-powers to be first on the moon. Why did the Apollo 1 capsule burst into flames killing three astronauts? Why were Neil Armstrong and his crew dangerously ...
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Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
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Gene Kranz
A key player in the space program for thirty years, Kranz has written a memoir that details the high-stress and high-skill work that occurs in Mission Control. Chronicling events from the Mercury through Apollo missions, Kranz's story is an exciting read.
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Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators
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H H Hurt
This series of textbooks and supplements for pilots, student pilots, aviation instructors, and aviation specialists provides information on every topic needed to qualify for and excel in the field of aviation. Most FAA Knowledge Exams' questions are taken directly from the information presented in these texts. This textbook presents the elements ...
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Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
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Roger R Bate, Jerry E White, Donald Mueller
Teaching text developed by U.S. Air Force Academy develops the basic two-body and "n"-body equations of motion; orbit determination; classical orbital elements, coordinate transformations; differential correction; more. 1971 edition.
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Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control
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Michael S Nolan
This book should be of interest to training courses for air traffic controllers or pilots.
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Men from Earth
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Buzz Aldrin
Picking up where The Right Stuff left off, and commemorating the 20th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the historic moon walk, here is not only the incredible personal story of one of America's premier astronauts, but the whole story of the spirit and challenge of the Apollo Space Program. 16 pages of photos.
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Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach
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Daniel P Raymer
Winner of the Summerfield Book Award, winner of the Aviation-Space Writers Association Award of Excellence, and with over 30,000 copies sold, this is consistently the top-selling AIAA textbook title. This highly regarded textbook presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design - from requirements definition to initial sizing, ...
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A Man on the Moon
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Andrew L Chaikin
On the night of July 20, 1969, our world was changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the Moon. Now the greatest event of the 20th century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there: 23 Moon voyagers and those who struggled to get the program moving. Basis for the HBO mini ...
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Theory of wing sections; including a summary of airfoil data
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Ira Herbert Abbott, Albert Edward von Doenhoff
Concise compilation of subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of NACA wing sections, plus description of theory. 350 pages of tables.
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Flight: My Life in Mission Control
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Chris Kraft
This memoirist was a key player in the early years of NASA. Here he reflects on NASA's race to reach the moon and the drama along the way that involved tragic twist,like the 1967 launchpad fire, and determined personalities, like Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn, and others.
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Introduction to Aircraft Design
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John Fielding
This book provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of civil and military aircraft design. Giving a largely descriptive overview of all aspects of the design process, this well-illustrated account provides an insight into the requirements of each specialist in an aircraft design team. After discussing the need for new designs, the ...
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys
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Michael Collins
The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events - technical and spiritual - of our lifetime. In this remarkable book, Michael Collins ...
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Pale Blue Dot
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Carl Sagan (Read by)
As we complete the preliminary reconnaissance of our neighborhood in space, we need a long-term over-arching vision of the human future. In this new title by "Cosmos" author Carl Sagan, he reveals how science has altered our perception of who we are and where we stand--and challenges us to weigh what we will do with that knowledge in the future.
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Aerodynamics for Engineers
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John J Bertin
This comprehensive guide to aerodynamics focuses on practical problems and discusses the fundamental principles and techniques used to solve these problems. It presents a background discussion of each topic followed by a presentation of the theory, and then derives fundamental equations, applies them to simple computational techniques, and ...
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Spirit of St Louis
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Charles A Lindbergh
Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927.
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Space Exploration
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Carole Stott, DK Publishing
An overview of the history and future of space travel. Topics discussed include the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mir space station, and a day in the life of an astronaut in outer space. Illustrated with color photographs.
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