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Though millions of women drive regularly, the image of the flighty "woman driver" continues to stigmatize their abilities. Scharff travels back in time to explore how the first automobiles collided with cultural and sexual notions of feminine nature and how women have influenced the car industry as a whole. Num Pages: 220 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; TRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826313959
- ISBN
- 9780826313959
Condition: New
€ 39.45
€ 39.45
Paperback. Technology has greatly changed, and aviation practices have changed tremendously: some systems have disappeared, some are less important, and key technologies have emerged. Suitable for the advanced student pilot, this work explains the many systems of air navigation, from the basics of dead reckoning to the advanced "glass cockpit" EFIS systems. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780071477208
- ISBN
- 9780071477208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.10
€ 58.10
Hardcover. This book details surrogate-based modeling and optimization techniques, and their applications for solving difficult and computationally expensive engineering design problems. Includes basic concepts and formulations along with applications and examples. Editor(s): Koziel, Slawomir; Leifsson, Leifur. Num Pages: 412 pages, 103 black & white illustrations, 142 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKQ; PBKS; PBWH; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461475507
- ISBN
- 9781461475507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.83
€ 184.83
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous ...
United Nations: Economic Commission For Europ...
Paperback. ADR is intended to increase the safety of international transport of dangerous goods by road. Regularly amended and updated since its entry into force, it contains the conditions under which dangerous goods may be carried internationally. Editor(s): United Nations Publications. Series: European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road: ADR. Num Pages: 1282 pages, 2 vols [various pagings] figs (some col.), tables. BIC Classification: 1D; KNG; LB; LNK; RPT; TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 63. Weight in Grams: 2996.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- United Nations United States
- Number of pages
- 1282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211391565
- ISBN
- 9789211391565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.53
€ 194.53
Paperback. A beginner's guide to building and flying model gliders. A simple and easily understood guide to radio control glider flying, it will help the complete beginner to avoid frustrating errors. No prior knowledge of flying, modelling or radio control is required. Num Pages: 128 pages, 36 black and white photographs; 77 scale plans and line drawings. BIC Classification: TRPS; WDHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 190 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Chris Lloyd Sales & Marketing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854861733
- ISBN
- 9781854861733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.03
€ 29.99
€ 22.03
Hardcover. Close on the heels of the American public's early enthusiasm over the airplane came aviation stories for the young. Most of the books were directed at boys. This title presents an account of several aviation series and other aviation books for girls that fills a gap in the history and criticism of American popular culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 43 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFCA; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653976
- ISBN
- 9780875653976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.89
€ 33.99
€ 29.89
Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035093
- ISBN
- 9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Hardcover. This book covers both the theory and application of autonomous control in robotics, autonomous vehicles, intelligent unmanned technologies and biomimetics. The text is enriched with some 300 useful and informative illustrations of unmanned vehicles. Editor(s): Nonami, Kenzo; Kartidjo, Muljo Widodo; Yoon, Kwang-Joon; Budiyono, Agus. Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 324 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 160 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM1; TRP; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431542759
- ISBN
- 9784431542759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.19
€ 196.19
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: TGB; TRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783834825001
- ISBN
- 9783834825001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.18
€ 104.18
Paperback / so. Series: Atz/Mtz-Fachbuch. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: TRC; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783834814128
- ISBN
- 9783834814128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.16
€ 48.16
Paperback / so. Series: Atz/Mtz-Fachbuch. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: KJM; TRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783834807250
- ISBN
- 9783834807250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.97
€ 47.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TGBN; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764311728
- ISBN
- 9783764311728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 48.78
€ 53.37
€ 48.78
Der Uberschall-Luftverkehr. Grundlangen Der Technik Und Des Betriebes ...
Edgar Rossger Edgar Rossger
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: LB; TQ; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663199724
- ISBN
- 9783663199724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.61
€ 87.61
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Wirtschafts- Und Verkehrsministeriums. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: TGM; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663036463
- ISBN
- 9783663036463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Wirtschafts- Und Verkehrsministeriums. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663032137
- ISBN
- 9783663032137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Wirtschafts- Und Verkehrsministeriums. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 4. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1956
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663032120
- ISBN
- 9783663032120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.98
€ 70.98
Hardcover. This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors. Editor(s): Dunn, Dr. Richard; Higgitt, Rebekah. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBTM; HBTQ; PDX; TRLN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520630
- ISBN
- 9781137520630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Paperback. Series: Progress in Scientific Computing. Num Pages: 559 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TGMF1; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 811.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 559
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468491890
- ISBN
- 9781468491890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.32
€ 69.32
Hardcover. Beginning with factors that set space programs apart from other management challenges, this book uses theory and example of real programs worldwide to identify the tools needed to manage large, complex space programs in both government and commercial settings. Series: Space Technology Library. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461437543
- ISBN
- 9781461437543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.00
€ 196.00
Hardcover. This unified approach to teaching the physics of combustion, fluid dynamics and other properties of aircraft engines covers both modern and historical power units and features exercises and extensive data that allow readers to evaluate comparative results. Series: Springer Aerospace Technology. Num Pages: 314 pages, 19 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHH; TGMB; TGMF; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461435310
- ISBN
- 9781461435310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.27
€ 68.27
Paperback. This book explores the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980s and early 1990s, with each attempting to outdo the other - the Americans keen to build a space station, the Soviets keen to build a space shuttle. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 631 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; TBX; TRP; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1073.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461434290
- ISBN
- 9781461434290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.22€ 55.00
€ 58.22
€ 55.00
Paperback. Examining exotic concepts and actual flying vehicles devised over the last century, this book recounts the history of rocket airplanes from the early pioneers who attached simple rockets to wooden gliders to the modern world of high-tech research vehicles. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 384 pages, 102 black & white illustrations, 60 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461431992
- ISBN
- 9781461431992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 48.92
€ 53.37
€ 48.92
Hardback. Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries. The second volume examines the automobile demand in the BRICS and other emerging countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand and Malaysia. Editor(s): Jetin, Bruno. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJK; TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516169
- ISBN
- 9781137516169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries. The first volume of Global Automobile Demand examines the automobile demand in mature economies: the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Korea. Editor(s): Jetin, Bruno. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJK; TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516138
- ISBN
- 9781137516138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48