The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology

by Mark Williamson

Book Overview

The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology is a comprehensive source of reference on the most important aspects of this fast-developing field, from basic concepts to advanced applications. With some 2,300 entries--700 more than the first edition, it lists fundamental terms that will remain in common usage for the foreseeable future and includes a selection of historical and highly specific entries to add context and depth. The Dictionary features...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521660777
• ISBN13: 9780521660778
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Succinct, informative presentatons

With 2300 entires covering all aspects of the technologies associatied with the exploration of space, Mark Williamson's The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is an essential, indispensable, core addition to school, community, and professional reference libraries. This thoroughly "user friendly" compendium features extensive cross-referencing and thorough descriptions, as well as classified lists of entries grouped under subject headings. Included are succinct, informative presentatons on the technologies of spacecraft, communicaitons, propulsions, launch vehicles; space shuttles, manned and unmanned spaceflights, materials, propellants, orbits, physics and astronomy, space centres and organizations. The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is a seminal, basic, exhaustive, very highly recommended reference.