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Part I. The Incubation Phase: Aerodynamics -- What Is It? ; The Prehistory Of Aerodynamics -- From Antiquity To Da Vinci ; The Dawn Of Aerodynamic Thought -- To George Cayley And The Concept Of The Modern Airplane Configuration -- Part Ii. The Infancy Of Aerodynamics And Some Growing Pains: The Infancy Of Aerodynamics -- To Lilienthal And Langley -- Part Iii. Aerodynamics Comes Of Age: Applied Aerodynamics Comes Of Age : The Wright Brothers ; Theoretical Aerodynamics Comes Of Age : The Circulation Theory Of Lift, And Boundary Layer Theory -- Part Iv. Twentieth-century Aerodynamics: Aerodynamics In The Age Of Strut-and-wire Biplanes ; Aerodynamics In The Age Of Mature Propellor-driven Airplanes ; Aerodynamics In The Age Of The Jet Airplane -- Epilogue. John D. Anderson, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 464-471) And Index.

Author

Anderson, John D., Jr. (John David), 1937-

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521454353

Subjects

Engineering, History, Stem

Updated

2026-03-24