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Bicycling Science, third edition
A new, updated edition of a popular book on the history, science, and engineering of bicycles. The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle builders and bicyclists provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster, and what keeps them from going even faster. The scientific and engineering information is of interest not only to designers and builders of bicycles and other human-powered vehicles but also to competitive cyclists, bicycle commuters, and recreational cyclists. The third edition begins ...
Bicycling Science, fourth edition
An updated edition of a classic: an indispensable companion for a new era in cycling. The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This essential volume offers a comprehensive account of the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster—and what keeps them from going even faster. Over the years, and through three previous editions, Bicycling Science has become the bible of technical bicycling not only for designers and builders of bicycles but also for cycling enthusiasts. After a brief history of bicycles and bicycling that demolishes many widespread myths, this fourth edition covers recent ex...
Bicycling Science
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The Design of High-Efficiency Turbomachinery and Gas Turbines, second edition, with a new preface
The second edition of a comprehensive textbook that introduces turbomachinery and gas turbines through design methods and examples. This comprehensive textbook is unique in its design-focused approach to turbomachinery and gas turbines. It offers students and practicing engineers methods for configuring these machines to perform with the highest possible efficiency. Examples and problems are based on the actual design of turbomachinery and turbines. After an introductory chapter that outlines the goals of the book and provides definitions of terms and parts, the book offers a brief review of the basic principles of thermodynamics and efficiency definitions. The rest of the book is devoted to...
Born, Blessed and Blitzed in Britain, But Battered by MIT
David Gordon Wilson, emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and bicycling expert, chronicles his adventurous life. His stories range from growing up during the bombing of Britain in WWII and spending time as a child at a nudist camp, to teaching in Nigeria and leading the nonsmokers' rights efforts in New England. The author describes the protracted battles he was involved in at MIT, in which the university protected senior people who lied, plagiarized and cheated without apparent concern. Wilson asked for a hearing on multiple gross plagiarisms at MIT, including one acknowledged by the plagiarist who said, "You should feel complimented when a senior person copies your ideas!" Wilson¿s request for a hearing was denied. The book includes a light-hearted collection of stories and essays covering Wilson's enthusiasm for human power and bicycling, including details about his co-design of a bicycle that won, twice, the world bicycle speed record.
The Design of High-Efficiency Turbomachinery and Gas Turbines, second edition, with a new preface
The second edition of a comprehensive textbook that introduces turbomachinery and gas turbines through design methods and examples. This comprehensive textbook is unique in its design-focused approach to turbomachinery and gas turbines. It offers students and practicing engineers methods for configuring these machines to perform with the highest possible efficiency. Examples and problems are based on the actual design of turbomachinery and turbines. After an introductory chapter that outlines the goals of the book and provides definitions of terms and parts, the book offers a brief review of the basic principles of thermodynamics and efficiency definitions. The rest of the book is devoted to...
The God Connection
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Bicycles & Tricycles
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