Mark Williamson

The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology is a comprehensive source of reference to the most important aspects of this fast-developing field, from basic concepts to advanced applications. With some 2300 entries, it lists fundamental terms that willremain in common usage for the foreseeable future and includes a selection of historical and highly specific entries adding context and depth. The unprecedented breadth of coverage ensures that there are entries on all major subject areas. While the emphasis is on defining the meaning of a word or phrase, entries have been written with the intention of enhancing the understanding of the subject, both for the practising specialist and the interested layman. To assist the reader in research on a given topic, related entries are highlighted in the text and other important entries are cross-referenced. The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology will be indispensable to anyone with an interest in space activity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 474
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1014g
• ISBN-13: 9780521660778
• ISBN-10: 0521660777
• Artikelnr.: 10229192

Autorenporträt

Mark Williamson is an independent Space Technology Consultant advising the space industry and the space insurance community. A Chartered Physicist and Chartered Engineer, he has more than 20 years'' experience in satellite communications engineering, technical management and space consultancy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and user's guide; Acknowledgements; The dictionary; Classified list of dictionary entries: 1. Spacecraft technology; 2. Communications technology; 3. Propulsion technology; 4. Launch vehicle technology; 5. Space Shuttle; 6. Manned spaceflight; 7. Unmanned spacecraft; 8. Materials; 9. Propellants; 10. Orbits; 11. Physics and astronomy; 12. Space centres and organisations; 13. Miscellaneous.

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Preface and user's guide
Acknowledgements
The dictionary
Classified list of dictionary entries: 1. Spacecraft technology
2. Communications technology
3. Propulsion technology
4. Launch vehicle technology
5. Space Shuttle
6. Manned spaceflight
7. Unmanned spacecraft
8. Materials
9. Propellants
10. Orbits
11. Physics and astronomy
12. Space centres and organisations
13. Miscellaneous.

Rezensionen

Review of the hardback: '[It is] absolutely splendid and [is] at exactly the right level ... I know of nothing like it ... The author['s] knowledge [in these fields] is encyclopedic and he knows what he is talking about.' A. E. Roy, University of Glasgow