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Andrew Nahum

Auteur de La conquête du ciel

25+ oeuvres 701 utilisateurs 8 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Andrew Nahum is Senior Curator of Aeronautics at the Science Museum in London and a Visiting Research Tutor in Vehicle Design at the Royal College of Art.

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Œuvres de Andrew Nahum

La conquête du ciel (1990) 537 exemplaires
Fifty Cars That Changed the World (2009) 48 exemplaires
The Rotary Aero Engine (1987) 13 exemplaires
Moving to Mars: Design for the Red Planet (2019) — Directeur de publication — 11 exemplaires
Alec Issigonis (1988) 4 exemplaires
Ferrari: Under the Skin (2017) 4 exemplaires
James Watt and the power of steam (1981) 3 exemplaires
Science museum Review (1987) 2 exemplaires
Issigonis and the Mini (2004) 2 exemplaires

Oeuvres associées

Flight, Fliers and Flying Machines (1991) — Asesor — 41 exemplaires

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Nationalité
UK

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Průvodce historií létáním-od ornitoptéry Leonarda da Vinciho po nazdvuková letadla.
Pomocí fotografií a nákresů je čtenář obeznámen s různými typy letadel (včetně helikoptéry, vzducholodě, rogalla, horkovzdušného balonu). Dozví se, jak pracuje motor letadla, jak vypadá pilotní kabina, jak funguje černá skříňka a mnoho dalších informací. Kniha je doplněna rejstříkem. Je vhodná především pro starší děti a mládež
 
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Hanita73 | Mar 7, 2022 |
The rotary aero engine has always fascinated aviation historians and enthusiasts. When the 50hp Gnome appeared in 1908, it was the most powerful engine for its weight available and was used by almost all the notable pioneers to set records for height, speed and endurance. Rotaries also played a key role in the First World War, powering many of the famous 'fighting scouts' such as the Sopwith Camel and Fokker Monoplane. In this book, Andrew Nahum gives an original and well-argued explanation, showing that rotary development was limited by a 'power ceiling' which was a basic consequence of design.… (plus d'informations)
 
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MasseyLibrary | 1 autre critique | Jan 6, 2022 |
This is what you’d expect from an Eyewitness Book: lots of big pictures and explanations of details. The history of flight is very male-centric, though; Amelia Earhart doesn’t get a look-in until the very end of the book, and the subtitle on the front cover talks about “man’s” conquest of the skies, which is eyeroll-inducing for a book published in 2011. More amusing is the inclusion of a CD full of clip art. Not sure how many computers these days have a CD drive…
 
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rabbitprincess | 2 autres critiques | Nov 27, 2021 |

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Œuvres
25
Aussi par
1
Membres
701
Popularité
#36,120
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
8
ISBN
62
Langues
14

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