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Airplanes shows how the solutions to these riddles have helped spur dramatic changes in the world's social and cultural life.

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The author manages to do an impressive job of thoroughly discussing the details and specifics of the way that airplane technology improved and the political movements, world events, and social change that brought about these improvements. The introduction also offers an excellent overview of the physics of flight and the time line of the evolution of the airplane. Choice 2007

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Higher, Faster, and Farther
Timeline
1. The Origins of Powered Flight, 1783–1914
2. The First War in the Air, 1914–1918
3. The Aeronautical Revolution, 1918–1938
4. World War II in the Air, 1939–1945
5. The Second Aeronautical Revolution, 1930–Present
6. The Jet Airplane as a Military Weapon, 1945–Present
7. The Commercial Airplane, 1945–Present
8. General Aviation, 1920–Present
Conclusion: Higher, Ever Higher
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

Airplanes The Life Story of a Technology

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 26 November 2008
      ISBN-13 9780801890697
      978-0801890697
      ISBN-10 0801890691
      Also in:
      Home & Garden Aircraft and aviation Technology, Engineering & Agriculture History of engineering and technology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Airplanes shows how the solutions to these riddles have helped spur dramatic changes in the world's social and cultural life.

      Trade Review
      The author manages to do an impressive job of thoroughly discussing the details and specifics of the way that airplane technology improved and the political movements, world events, and social change that brought about these improvements. The introduction also offers an excellent overview of the physics of flight and the time line of the evolution of the airplane. Choice 2007

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction: Higher, Faster, and Farther
      Timeline
      1. The Origins of Powered Flight, 1783–1914
      2. The First War in the Air, 1914–1918
      3. The Aeronautical Revolution, 1918–1938
      4. World War II in the Air, 1939–1945
      5. The Second Aeronautical Revolution, 1930–Present
      6. The Jet Airplane as a Military Weapon, 1945–Present
      7. The Commercial Airplane, 1945–Present
      8. General Aviation, 1920–Present
      Conclusion: Higher, Ever Higher
      Glossary
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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