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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009

1 online resource (xiv, 278 p.) : ill

ISBN 9780813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index

Flying animals and flying machines : birds of a feather? -- Hey buddy, need a lift? -- Power : the primary push -- To turn or not to turn -- A tail of two tails -- Flight instruments -- Dispensing with power : soaring -- Straight up : vertical take-offs and hovering -- Stoop of the falcon : predation and aerial combat -- Biology meets technology head-on : ornithopters and human-powered flight.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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