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Summer Reading: It looked Good on Paper

It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies Edited by Bill Fawcett New York : Harper, c2009 Engineering TA174 .I83 2009 It Looked Good on Paper is a remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disasters. Every phenomenally bad idea seemed like a good idea to someone.  How else canContinue reading “Summer Reading: It looked Good on Paper”

Summer Reading You Might Enjoy! Why Don’t Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings?

Why Don’t Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? By David E. Alexander New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009 Engineering Library TL546.7 .A44 2009 Why don’t jumbo jets flap their wings? offers a fascinating explanation of how nature and human engineers each arrived at powered flight. What emerges is a highly readable account of two very different approaches to solvingContinue reading “Summer Reading You Might Enjoy! Why Don’t Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings?”