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Ships and Other Sea Craft (How Science Works)
Ships and Other Sea Craft - How Science Works Author:Nigel Hawkes Ships - This book looks at ships, sailing boats, jet skis and hydrofoils. It outlines the basic science of maritime technology, then tackles the key subjects of keeping afloat, power in the water, boat construction and control in separate chapters. Each chapter contains diagrams and cutaway artwork that reveals how everything from sailing a ding... more »hy to the ocean liner has transformed science into technology.« less