Science from Your Airplane Window

By Elizabeth A. Wood

Book Overview

Rev

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486232050
• ISBN13: 9780486232058
• Release Date: June 1975
• Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

full of details, great plates

I would definitely recommend this little book; the amount of details it reveals to the unaided person is impressive; flying will never be the same after you read it; you will be curious about everything; The book however cannot be awarded 5 stars; There are basically two reasons for this: - It begins with the explanation on how lift on airfoils is produced. This explanation relies on the air particles on the suction side having to cover a longer distance than the air particles on the pressure side, both meeting at the trailing edge. This is a wrong argument. Today, you can find this kind of wrong arguments flourishing on the internet. - The physics underlying some observations is not explained; If I hadn't read Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics prior to Wood's book, I wouldn't have enjoyed this little gem.

Accurate, yet reads like a good story

Elizabeth Wood explains sky phenomenon accurately, yet in a way that is as easy to follow as a good story.

A gem on the shelf

Personally I have always thought about many of these topics while flying, but never gave a thought to writing anything in print. Kudos to Elizabath for providing simple understandings for a curious mind.