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Title: Introduction to Flight by John D. Anderson ISBN: 0-07-116034-5 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 Format: Paperback |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: "THE BEST" book on all of the basics of aerodynamics
Comment: I have read several texts on the fundamentals of aerodynamics and flight. This book is by far the best at clarity of explanation with the right mixture of mathematics and applications. The math is enough to educate you on the fundamentals without burying you in endless derivations without giving you the answer to "what does it all mean". When you are done reading it, you will know the theory, the application, and the historical significance. I wish this had been the text I picked up first.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great start-up book for aerospace/aeronautical engineers
Comment: Anyone interested in learning the fundamentals in aerodynamics, aircraft design and aircraft control (as well as some astrodynamics) should have this book. Even in my upper class aerospace engineering courses I have found this book to be a GREAT help explaining the basics in a simple, methodical way.
The equation derivations included in the book are essential for a complete understanding of the material. Some basic calculus skills are needed, but anyone interested in engineering should have that anyway. The Appendix and Atmospheric Tables in the back of the book are also a great reference. The book also includes a historical point of view, essential to understanding why planes look the way they do today. This book is written in a style similar to his lectures, using everyday language and vocabulary.
Dr. Anderson is an incredible professor and author--making even the most complicated of subjects easy to understand.
Rating: 5
Summary: Aerodynamics for Everyone!
Comment: This truly is a gem of a book for the general reader with an intelligent interest in matters aeronautical, as well as the beginning student in aero engineering. It does not plumb the depths of the subject - there are other books (including ones by the same author) which do that. But it covers a huge scope, from aerodynamic fundamentals, through aircraft characteristics and performance, to propulsion systems, and a little about structures and materials. Supersonic and hypersonic flight are included. The treatment is quantitative (there are lots of equations), but in a simplified form and at a level which should be comprehensible to anyone with high-school mathematics. The maths is there to convey principles, without losing the reader in a myriad of detail. Three things which make this book stand out are the clear, approachable style of the author, the fascinating historical perspectives which are sprinkled throughout the book, and the illustrative "design boxes".
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Title: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics by John D. Anderson ISBN: 0072373350 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $156.20 |
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Title: Theory of Wing Sections : Including a Summary of Airfoil Data by Ira H. Abbott, A. E. von Doenhoff ISBN: 0486605868 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1959 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Understanding Flight by David Anderson, Scott Eberhardt ISBN: 0071363777 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 06 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Simple Science of Flight: From Insects to Jumbo Jets by Henk Tennekes ISBN: 0262700654 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 16 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Aircraft Performance & Design by John D. Anderson ISBN: 0070019711 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 05 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $153.00 |
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