Rocket Science [E-Book] : From Fireworks to the Photon Drive / by Mark Denny, Alan McFadzean.
This is a book about rocket science: what it is and what it does. From the earliest fireworks to nuclear-powered spacecraft, all you would ever want or need to know about the subject is here, along with a straightforward explanation of how, why and when things work-or sometimes don't. We begin...
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Personal Name(s): | Denny, Mark, author |
McFadzean, Alan, author | |
Edition: |
1st edition 2019. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2019
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Physical Description: |
IX, 302 pages 74 illustrations, 30 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030280802 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-28080-2 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Why Rockets?
- Chapter 2: History
- Chapter 3: Theory
- Chapter 4: Poyekhali! To Space and Back
- Chapter 5: Rocket Propulsion and Guidance
- Chapter 6: A Degree of Control
- Chapter 7: Into the Future
- Conclusion
- Technical Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index.