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At Edge of Space

	Autor: M. Thompson Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 1992 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-1-58834-078-8 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 87.2 zł	Nasza cena: 87.2 zł Kup teraz!

In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson, a pilot active in the X-15 program from beginning to end, tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. Initiated in the 1950s by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA), the U.S. Air Force, and the Navy, the X-15 program tested the survivability of rocket-powered aircraft at hypersonic speeds and at the outermost limits of the earth's atmosphere. Nine phases of the program tested engine capabilities, altitude and speed więcej...

Poland 1946 Photographs & Letters of John Vachon

	Autor: Ann Vachon Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 1995 Kategoria: albumy ISBN: 978-1-56098-540-2 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 77.4 zł	Nasza cena: 77.4 zł Kup teraz!

In September 1939, the German invasion of Poland propelled the world into war. By the spring of 1946, Poland was beginning to recover from five years of cataclysmic destruction. Liberated from the occupation of the Third Reich, the nation celebrated a peace already overshadowed by the emerging Cold War. John Vachon was in Poland to witness this transformation of almost mythic proportions. Assigned to cover United Nations relief efforts, this American photographer documented in images and letters a nation at the crossroads więcej...

Jupiter Giant Planet

	Autor: R. Beebe Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 1997 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-1-56098-685-0 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 83.3 zł	Nasza cena: 83.3 zł Kup teraz!

Introduces Jupiter and its moons, describes what is known about Jupiter's structure and magnetic field, and looks at its collision with comet fragments. więcej...

Technological Arsenal

	Autor: W. Martel Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2001 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-1-56098-961-5 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 122.5 zł	Nasza cena: 122.5 zł Kup teraz!

The rapid pace of technological innovation is propelling revolutionary change in U.S. defense strategy. "Within a decade," writes William C. Martel, "the U.S. could destroy ballistic missiles; radically limit the number of casualties; disrupt modern electronic weapons, telecommunications, power, and banking systems; and wage wars from the relative safety of the homeland." In The Technological Arsenal, Martel and a dozen contributors, all experts who are actively involved in shaping U.S. defense policy więcej...

Around World in 175 Days

	Autor: C. Glines Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2001 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-1-56098-967-7 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 126.4 zł	Nasza cena: 126.4 zł Kup teraz!

In April1924, after two years of planning, four Douglas World Cruisers, each carrying a US Army pilot and a mechanic, took off from Seattle, flying west to circle the globe; one additional plane was held in reserve. Four of the men and two of the planes completed the flight in September 1924 and, miraculously, all eight men survived, even though one plane had crashed in the Alaskan mountains and another had ditched in the Atlantic. The airmen triumphed over the weather extremes of Arctic Alaska and the desert Middle East więcej...

Cold War Laboratory

	Autor: M. Collins Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2002 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-1-58834-086-3 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 132.3 zł	Nasza cena: 132.3 zł Kup teraz!

In 1946, before the start of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, the Army Air Forces established Project RAND - a groundbreaking 'think tank' designed to link leaders in the military and aircraft industry. Modern war was now total war, a contest between entire societies, and demanded the commitment of peacetime preparation. Martin J. Collins examines the critical years of this experiment through an evolving cast of key individuals and investigates in-depth the scientific and social birth of systems analysis. więcej...

Mystery of Flight 427

	Autor: B. Adair Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2004 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-1-58834-089-4 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 77.4 zł	Nasza cena: 77.4 zł Kup teraz!

The immediate human toll of this 1994 disaster was staggering: all 132 people aboard Flight 427 died on a Pennsylvania hillside. In this volume, Adair explains takes readers behind the scenes to show who makes decisions about airline safety. więcej...

We Have Capture

	Autor: M. Stafford Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2003 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-1-58834-101-3 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 77.4 zł	Nasza cena: 77.4 zł Kup teraz!

Tom Stafford was a leading player in US-Soviet space co-operation during the 1970s. He enjoyed a distinguished career as a test pilot and aerospace engineer, but he is best remembered as the astronaut who in 1975 led the first US mission to dock with a Soviet spacecraft. więcej...

Fossils of Florissant

	Autor: H. Meyer Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2003 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-1-58834-107-5 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 151.9 zł	Nasza cena: 151.9 zł Kup teraz!

In the rocks of Florissant, Colorado, lying in the shadow of Pikes Peak, is the evidence of a long-lost world. Encased by the ash of volcanoes that erupted tens of millions of years ago, animals such as insects, fish, and mammals were fossilized in the same deposits as flowers, trees, and the delicate leaves of plants. This amazing collection of animals and plants from the same place at the same time provides a rare, uniquely comprehensive glimpse of life in the past. Through more than 200 colour photographs and vivid descriptions więcej...

Chasing Silver Bullet

	Autor: K. Werrell Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2003 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-1-58834-116-7 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 142.1 zł	Nasza cena: 142.1 zł Kup teraz!

This exhaustive study of 40 years of Air Force high-tech weaponry challenges myths about U.S. military prowess. With a panoramic sweep and shocking frankness unrivaled in the current literature, Ken Werrell reveals the true extent of the Air Force's technological transformation. "Chasing the Silver Bullet" traces in unprecedented detail the evolution of the Air Force's entire inventory since the Korean War and offers sage analysis of the strategies and doctrine that fashioned the hardware. więcej...

On the Frontier Experimental Flight at NASA Dryden

	Autor: R. Hallion Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2003 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-1-58834-134-1 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 122.5 zł	Nasza cena: 122.5 zł Kup teraz!

World-renowned Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert is the setting for the exciting, dangerous, and sometimes deadly job of testing the world's most exotic aircraft. Authors Hallion and Gorn, two of America's top aerospace historians, focus on the unique relationship between test pilots and their machines. A completely updated and reinterpreted text, three new chapters, dozens of rare photographs, and the complete statistical record of nearly six decades of testing make this required reading for anyone interested in human flight. więcej...

Smithsonian Atlas Of The Amazon

	Autor: M. Goulding Wydawnictwo: Smithsonian Institution Press Data wydania: 2003 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-1-58834-135-8 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 155.8 zł	Nasza cena: 155.8 zł Kup teraz!

'The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon provides the first comprehensive view of this massive river system, revealing the rainforest as never seen before with 150 color maps and almost 300 stunning photographs. The Atlas brings every fact to life and unveils the heart of South America - its mighty rivers and giant trees. The detailed maps trace the water flow from the furthest headwater in the Ucayali valley of Peru at an elevation of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) to the mouth of the Amazon over 6,400 km (3,850 miles) to the więcej...

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