In 2006, SpaceX―a brand-new venture with fewer than 200 employees―rolled its first, single-engine rocket onto a launch pad at Kwajalein Atoll. After a groundbreaking launch from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Falcon 1 rocket designed... Zobraziť viac
New additions to the automotive market are judged primarily by efficiency or fuel consumption. Things are quite different for historical cars. Major car shows, from Pebble Beach to Villa d'Este, feature classic cars, ... Zobraziť viac
Basic concepts and laws of thermodynamics. Real gases and vapours. Reversible and irreversible processes in ideal gass and vapours. Phase change rocess. Computational methods and aids. Moist air. Introduction to chemical thermodynamics. Fundamentals f hea Zobraziť viac
Tells the stories of five military battles of the twentieth century, each one a turning point in history. Beginning with the British Expeditionary force at the Battle of Mons in 1914 and concluding with the Battle of Easting in 1991, the book teases... Zobraziť viac
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Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? ... Zobraziť viac
For many people, taking some form of medication is part of everyday life, whether for mild or severe illness, acute or chronic disease, to target infection or to relieve pain... Zobraziť viac
From the Wright brothers' first powered flight, to Concorde's final voyage and the tragic crash of the Columbia, Flight takes you on a sky-high journey through the history of aviation... Zobraziť viac
Accurate, data-driven authorship with expanded interactivity leads to greater student engagement. Unrivaled problem sets, notable scientific accuracy and currency, and remarkable clarity have made Chemistry ... Zobraziť viac
How do we create a satisfactory user experience when limited to a small device? This new guide focuses on usability for mobile devices, primarily smartphones and touchphones, and covers such topics as developing a mobile strategy, ... Zobraziť viac
Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution caused both outrage and wonder, and quickly made him one of the most famous men in history. From his five-year voyage across the high seas to 20 years of research, follow Darwin on his adventure to prove a theory... Zobraziť viac
This is the most popular dictionary of physics available, and contains almost 4,000 entries covering all commonly encountered physics terms and concepts. It also defines many terms from the related fields of astronomy, astrophysics, ... Zobraziť viac
This book covers all aspects of airline design, tracing significant trends since 1945. The comprehensive pictorial overview takes the reader on a tour of everything from airport architecture and décor to airplane design, construction, and brand identity. Zobraziť viac
The story of the Earth is written into our landscape: it's there in the curves of hills, the colours of stone, surprising eruptions of vegetation. Wanting a fresh perspective on her own life, the writer Helen Gordon set out to read that epic... Zobraziť viac
One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical worldIn Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet... Zobraziť viac
We are living in a golden age for discoveries about the universe. Over the last few decades, space exploration has revealed that not only are there habitable environments within our solar system, but there are hundreds of millions of exoplanets... Zobraziť viac
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There's a whole universe out there...Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way? ... Zobraziť viac
A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth. In public estimation, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years... Zobraziť viac
Bosch's definitive automotive engineering reference - fully updated for the latest automotive technology and trends The Bosch Automotive Handbook is the flagship publication in Bosch's handbook series on ... Zobraziť viac
