Elements of Propulsion provides a complete introduction to gas turbine and rocket propulsion for aerospace and mechanical engineers. The book is divided into four parts:
Basic concepts and gas dynamics
Analysis of rocket propulsion
... Read more
Elements of Propulsion provides a complete introduction to gas turbine and rocket propulsion for aerospace and mechanical engineers. The book is divided into four parts:
Basic concepts and gas dynamics
Analysis of rocket propulsion
... Read more
Energy is the only universal currency
; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics
to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops
. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic... Read more
Energy is the only universal currency
; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics
to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops
. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic... Read more
Wanna know how we landed on the Moon? Curious about how interplanetary trajectories are calculated? Welcome to the science of astrodynamics.
Written specifically for the U.S. Air Force Academy
, this book is a set of concise and intuitive explanations and examples of... Read more
Wanna know how we landed on the Moon? Curious about how interplanetary trajectories are calculated? Welcome to the science of astrodynamics.
Written specifically for the U.S. Air Force Academy
, this book is a set of concise and intuitive explanations and examples of... Read more
The problem with most books about aerospace propulsion is that: they can be too dry for reader to feel inspired
(especially for undergrads - the "uninitiated"
).
Well, afraid no more! This book is the opposite of 'dry'. Ignition! is a fun and... Read more
The problem with most books about aerospace propulsion is that: they can be too dry for reader to feel inspired
(especially for undergrads - the "uninitiated"
).
Well, afraid no more! This book is the opposite of 'dry'. Ignition! is a fun and... Read more
This best-selling reference guide contains the most reliable and comprehensive material on launch programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems is a industry-endorsed... Read more
This best-selling reference guide contains the most reliable and comprehensive material on launch programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems is a industry-endorsed... Read more
This practical book takes the theory and design principles you've learned in Aerospace Propulsion courses and applies it straight to actual rocket-engine design. Topics covered include all parts of the design process as how it's done in the industry: from component design, to subsystem design,... Read more
This practical book takes the theory and design principles you've learned in Aerospace Propulsion courses and applies it straight to actual rocket-engine design. Topics covered include all parts of the design process as how it's done in the industry: from component design, to subsystem design,... Read more
With the rise of private space companies like SpaceX
and Blue Origin
, this work once again became an indispensible part of any serious engineering student. The book covers a broad range of topics in the interdisciplinary science of Propulsion system design
... Read more
With the rise of private space companies like SpaceX
and Blue Origin
, this work once again became an indispensible part of any serious engineering student. The book covers a broad range of topics in the interdisciplinary science of Propulsion system design
... Read more
Should We Eat Meat? is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout their evolution and around the world.
Setting the scene with a chapter on meat’s role in human evolution and its growing influence during the... Read more
Should We Eat Meat? is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout their evolution and around the world.
Setting the scene with a chapter on meat’s role in human evolution and its growing influence during the... Read more
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down serves as an intuitive introduction to the science of materials and structural design. It can either be used as a interesting read for non-engineering readers or as a textbook companion for Engineering undergraduate courses. Furthermore, if... Read more
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down serves as an intuitive introduction to the science of materials and structural design. It can either be used as a interesting read for non-engineering readers or as a textbook companion for Engineering undergraduate courses. Furthermore, if... Read more
Part of the hugely popular Without the Hot Air series, Sustainable Materials is accessibly written from an engineering perspective on a wide range of materials.
Presenting a vision of change for how future generations can still use steel, cement, plastics, etcetera,... Read more
Part of the hugely popular Without the Hot Air series, Sustainable Materials is accessibly written from an engineering perspective on a wide range of materials.
Presenting a vision of change for how future generations can still use steel, cement, plastics, etcetera,... Read more
Cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke unveils the many facets of America's energy infrastructure
, its most dynamic moments and its most stable ones, and its essential role in personal and national life. The grid, she argues, is an essentially American artifact, one... Read more
Cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke unveils the many facets of America's energy infrastructure
, its most dynamic moments and its most stable ones, and its essential role in personal and national life. The grid, she argues, is an essentially American artifact, one... Read more
In Thing Explainer, seasoned aerospace engineer Randall Munroe explains complex engineering systems in the fun and easy-to-understand style of xkcd comic strip Up Goer Five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the... Read more
In Thing Explainer, seasoned aerospace engineer Randall Munroe explains complex engineering systems in the fun and easy-to-understand style of xkcd comic strip Up Goer Five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the... Read more
In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked... Read more
In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked... Read more
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed... Read more
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed... Read more