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体验世界文化之旅阅读文库 速度的追求

样章
作者：
PETER GOSLING
定价：
39.00元
ISBN：
978-7-04-049028-2
版面字数：
196.000千字
开本：
32开
全书页数：
暂无
装帧形式：
平装
重点项目：
暂无
出版时间：
2018-01-02
读者对象：
高等教育
一级分类：
外语类
二级分类：
大学英语
三级分类：
大学英语阅读
暂无
  • 前辅文
  • The Quest for Speed
    • Introduction
  • Chapter 01 Speed Over Land
    • • On Foot or by Wheel
    • – Early roads
    • – Stagecoaches
    • – Tools of the trade
    • • Steam Power—Britain and America on the Move
    • – Railway travel in England
    • – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
    • – American railroads
    • – Gathering steam
    • • Twenty-First-Century Railways
    • – The Channel Tunnel
    • – High-speed trains
    • • The Internal Combustion Engine
    • – The horseless carriage
    • – Racing improves the breed
    • Brooklands
    • Indianapolis
    • Le Mans
    • Grand Prix races
    • • Two Wheels
    • – Bicycles
    • – Motorbikes
    • – Motorcycle racing
  • Chapter 02 Speed Over Water
    • • From Dug-Out to Sail
    • – Improvements in navigation
    • • When Sail was King: The Clippers
    • • When Sail was King: The Fighting Ships
    • • The First Steamers
    • • The Atlantic Crossing
    • – The slave trade
    • – Cutting the journey time
    • – Rowing across
    • • The Australia Route
    • • Round the World Sailing Races
    • – The great sailing races
    • • High Speed on the Water—Power Boats
    • • Ground Effect Vehicles
  • Chapter 03 Speed Through the Air: The Early Days
    • • Man’s Desire to Fly
    • • Balloons
    • • Dirigibles and Airships
    • • Powered Flight
    • – Aeroplanes
    • – The Schneider Trophy races
    • • Crossing the Channel by Air
    • • The First Passenger-Carrying Flights: 1918–1952
    • • Opening up the World—the Birth of Long-Haul Flights: 1918–1949
    • • Flying Eastwards: 1918–1939
    • • Trail Blazers and Record Breakers: 1925–1937
    • – Success for Alan Cobham
    • – “Amy, Wonderful Amy”
    • – Alex Henshaw
    • – Charles Lindbergh
    • – Amelia Earhart
    • • The Challenge of the Pacific: 1932–1939
    • • West to East by Imperial Airways: 1931–1939
  • Chapter 04 Speed Through the Air: The Age of the Jet
    • • Designing the Jet
    • • The Jet Fighters
    • • Breaking the Sound Barrier
    • • The First Commercial Jet Services
    • • Concorde
    • • Air Speed Records
    • • Measuring Speed
    • • Variations on the Theme of Flight
    • – Rotating wing machines
    • – Flying cars 187 iv
  • Chapter 05 The Future
    • • Rockets
    • – The scramjet
    • • Space Travel
    • – Moon landings
    • – Visiting Mars
    • – The Space Shuttle
    • – Commercial space travel
    • • The Future of Travel: Faster, Further, Smarter?
    • • Or WiIl It Be Greener?
  • Appendices
    • • Places
    • • People
  • Exercises

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