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Aerodynamics: Selected Topics in the Light of Their Historical Development
by Theodore von Karman

ISBN: 0486434850
Dover Publications Price: $14.95
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Charming, reader-friendly chronicle by a famous pioneer in aerodynamic research traces the development of dynamic flight from the time of Newton through the 20th century. It recounts struggles of engineers and physicists with problems associated with lift, drag, stability, aeroelasticity, and the sound barrier. 72 figures. 1957 edition.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1954.

Table of Contents for Aerodynamics: Selected Topics in the Light of Their Historical Development
Preface.
I. Aerodynamic Research before the Era of Flight.
II. The Theory of Lift.
III. Theories of Drag and Skin Friction.
IV. Supersonic Aerodynamics.
V. Stability and Aeroelasticity.
VI. From the Propeller to the Space Rocket.
Index.

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