The Grand Designers: The Evolution of the Airplane in the 20th Century - Couverture rigide

Anderson Jr, John D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521817870 ISBN 13 : 9780521817875

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The airplane has experienced phenomenal advancement in the twentieth century, changing at an exponential rate from the Wright brothers to the present day. In this ground breaking work based on new research, Dr John D. Anderson, Jr, a curator at the National Air and Space Museum, analyzes the historical development of the conceptual design process of the airplane. He aims to answer the question of whether airplane advancement has been driven by a parallel advancement in the intellectual methodology of conceptual airplane design. In doing so, Anderson identifies and examines six case histories of 'grand designers' in this field, and challenges some of the preconceived notions of how the intellectual methodology of conceptual airplane design advanced. Filled with over one hundred illustrations which bring his words to life, Anderson unfolds the lives and thoughts of these grand designers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John D. Anderson, Jr is currently the Curator for Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland. Dr Anderson has published eleven books including A History of Aerodynamics (Cambridge, 1999). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521817870
• ISBN 13: 9780521817875
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie