Mark Williamson

The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive and easy-to-use reference tool for anyone interested in space activity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 683g
• ISBN-13: 9780521142311
• ISBN-10: 0521142318
• Artikelnr.: 29608946

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