Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Rooney, Anne. Title: Aerospace engineering and the principles of flight / Anne Rooney. Publisher, Date: St. Catharines, ON : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2013] Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm. Summary: Explains how flight works, looks at the history of human attempts at flight, and describes the different roles and responsibilities of aerospace engineers. Target Audience Note: Ages 10-13. Grades 4 to 6. Series: Engineering in action Engineering in action. Subjects: Aerospace engineering -- Juvenile literature. Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature. Flight -- Juvenile literature. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index. Issued also in electronic formats. Contents: What is aerospace engineering? -- How flight works -- Forces in action -- Balancing forces -- Activity -- Taking flight -- Working in aerospace -- Starting the design process -- Working with ideas -- Prototypes -- Better and better -- Design challenge: make a glider -- Getting into space. LCCN: 2012040538 ISBN: 9780778774952 0778774953 9780778775003 0778775003 Other Number: 792881626 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 407082 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 629.1 Rooney Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
