No Wonder You Wonder! Great Inventions and Scientific Mysteries /

This book explores and explains scientific mysteries and principles, leavened with tongue-in-cheek humor and an abundance of illustrations. Chapters are short, but give an understanding of technology and science not available elsewhere. Questions include: • What holds a satellite up while it goes ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phipps, Claude (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Physics.
Astronomy.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Physics-Philosophy.
Physics and Astronomy.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section I - Basics
  • Preface
  • Einstein Said
  • Numbers
  • Magic numbers
  • Intro: Weird
  • Metric system
  • Exponentials
  • Section II - Who Did it First?
  • Preface
  • China
  • Greece
  • Rome
  • Islamic Science
  • Section III - Modern Science and Engineering
  • Preface
  • Modern Science
  • Blue/black sky
  • Machines
  • Lighter than Air Flight
  • Electricity
  • Robot Flight
  • Jet Planes
  • Rockets and Satellites
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Electronics and Computers
  • Biology
  • Optics
  • Lasers
  • Nucleonics
  • Section IV - Odds and Ends
  • Religion
  • Everything Else.

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