What is flight? : birds, planes, kites, balloons : with 18 easy-to-do experiments and 240 exciting pictures
Mellett, Peter2014
Books, Manuscripts
This title explores the science that humans have developed to enable them to fly. Find out how a jumbo jet carrying 500 passengers can stay in the air, and how a hummingbird can hover over a flower with pinpoint precision. It includes experiments and inside-view diagrams that explain the mechanics of drag, lift and thrust.
Main title:
What is flight? : birds, planes, kites, balloons : with 18 easy-to-do experiments and 240 exciting pictures / Peter Mellett & John Rostron
Author:
Imprint:
Wigston : Armadillo, 2014
Collation:
64 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Series title:
Audience:
Juvenile
ISBN:
9781861474018 (hbk)1861474016
Dewey class:
629.132533
Local class:
629.132J629.132
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
525340