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Optimal control theory with aerospace applications by Ben-Asher, Joseph Z., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Historical background -- Ordinary minimum problems : from the beginning of calculus to Kuhn-Tucker -- Calculus of variations : from Bernoulli to Bliss -- Minimum principle of Pontryagin and Hestenes -- Application of the Jacobi test in optimal control and neighboring extremals -- Numerical techniques for the optimal control problem -- Singular perturbation technique and its application to air-to-space interception -- Application to aircraft performance : Rutowski and Kaiser's techniques and more -- Application to rocket performance : the Goddard problem -- Application to missile guidance : proportional navigation -- Application to time-optimal rotational maneuvers of flexible spacecraft.…”
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America's battalion Marines in the first Gulf war / by Lehrack, Otto J.

Table of Contents: “…The alert -- India Company leads the way -- Saudi Arabia: the warehouses -- Cement ridge -- The chemical threat -- Holidays -- Al Mishab: working with the Arabs -- The air war starts -- Rockets -- Marines in Khafji -- Cross-training: another step in the relationship -- The first American ground action: the artillery raids -- The alarms go off -- The battle for Khafji -- With the recon teams in the city -- Melissa and friends -- Khafji retaken -- Movement west to attack position -- Moving up to the minefields -- The breach -- Prisoners -- Kuwait International Airport -- Yellow ribbons -- Parting shots -- The years after.…”
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What the Bible really tells us the essential guide to biblical literacy / by Wray, T. J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: why you need to know -- Take the test: the sixty-second super easy Bible quiz -- A tree with deep roots: a brief history of biblical illiteracy -- Bible basics: it's not rocket science! -- The problem of pain: why do we suffer? …”
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Practical military ordnance identification / by Gersbeck, Tom

Table of Contents: “…Grenades (Hand, Rifle & Projected) Chapter 6: Bombs & Aerial Dispensers 7. Rockets8. Guided Missiles 9.: Submunitions 10. Landmines 11. …”
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Deadline! how premier organizations win the race against time / by Carrison, Dan

Table of Contents: “…Turner Construction Company makes the Rocky Mountains thunder : delayed, stymied, frustrated at every turn, Turner Construction Company delivers the new Broncos football stadium, ahead of time and under budget -- Airborne Express and the technicolor challenge : Airborne Express enters a venture so fraught with deadlines that UPS and Fedex had backed away -- Mission to Mars--the 2001 Odyssey orbiter : successful deadline management doesn't have to be "rocket science" -- The ultimate deadline--how the FBI manages a kidnapping : agents rush to meet a literal "drop dead" deadline -- Boeing's race to deliver the 777 Wide-Body : a plane, and a management philosophy, for the twenty-first century -- Conoco's weekend of caring : volunteerism as the ultimate business deadline management tool.…”
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Red cosmos K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry / by Andrews, James T., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Tsiolkovskii, Russian public culture, and the mythology of Soviet cosmonautics, 1857-1964 -- Beginnings, teaching science in a provincial context: Tsiolkovskii's years in the Russian locale, 1857-1917 -- Dreaming of the cosmos: early scientific and technical experimentation in pre-1917 Kaluga, Russia -- Getting serious about rocket flight in revolutionary Russia, 1917-1928 -- Cross-fertilizing futuristic literary genres: utopian science fiction or didactic popular technology in revolutionary Russia, 1890-1928 -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman: technology, Soviet national identity, and the memorialization of a local hero in the dawn of Sputnik, 1928-1957 -- Epilogue and conclusion: chudo (wonder) or chudak (crank), the legacy of Tsiolkovskii in the Khrushchev era and beyond 1964.…”
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Democracy and higher education traditions and stories of civic engagement / by Peters, Scott J. (Scott Joseph)

Table of Contents: “…Reaching outside the compartmentalized structure: a profile of Molly Jahn ; It isn't rocket science: a profile of Ken Reardon ; The making is the learning: a profile of Paula Horrigan ; Every interaction is an educational opportunity: a profile of Daniel J. …”
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Cunning machines : your pocket guide to the world of artificial intelligence / by Osiński, Jędrzej

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Knowledge management the death of wisdom : why our companies have lost it, and how they can get it back / by Kransdorff, Arnold

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Injury illustrated : how medical images win legal cases / by Gough, R. Annie (Rachael Annie)

Table of Contents: “…Coyote, real people -- Tin Cans, voluminous records -- Can't Trust a Photo, but request them all -- Interpreting Radiology, images establish facts -- Radiology is not enough, the jury needs clarification -- Netflix, the jury wants TV -- Muddy Waters, aberrant anatomy -- Healing trauma, the client is better -- Bad facts, the client is a stripper -- No facts, the lawyer didn't ask -- Pre-trial panic, last minute animations -- Six Degrees of Separation, experts & animators -- Boutique feel, not just a product but a service -- It's not rocket science, narrating brain surgery -- Headless Horseman, the value of the client likeness -- Defending doctors, medical malpractice defense -- Deep pockets, what will this cost -- MVP, minimum viable product -- Pancakes, food analogies -- Out of the box, creative alternatives -- Power tools, anything it takes -- Holograms, advances in technology -- Exhibit hall, building connections -- The wall, between our warm hearts and our dark minds -- Gross, the specter versus the science -- Pin the tail on the donkey, to show or not to show the genitalia -- Perfect data, a picture is worth a thousand words.…”
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Battlefield forensics for Persian Gulf States : regional and U.S. military weapons, ammunition and headstamp markings / by Mikko, Don, Bailey, William S. (William Scherer)

Table of Contents: “…I.17 Soviet DShK 1938/46 Heavy Machine GunWeapons Brief; Operability; I.18 Soviet AGS-17 Grenade Launcher; Weapons Brief; Operability; I.19 Soviet RPG-7 Antitank Grenade Launcher; Weapons Brief; Operability; I.20 Soviet RPG-18 Antitank Rocket Launcher; Weapons Brief; Operability; I.21 Soviet SPG-9 73mm Recoilless Gun; Weapons Brief; Operability; II: Foreign and U.S. …”
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Classical mechanics : a computational approach with examples using mathematica and Python / by Kulp, Christopher W., Pagonis, Vasilis

Table of Contents: “…3.4.4 Second Derivatives with the Del Operator -- 3.5 CHAPTER SUMMARY -- 3.6 END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS -- Chapter 4: Momentum, Angular Momentum, and Multiparticle Systems -- 4.1 CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM AND NEWTON'S THIRD LAW -- 4.2 ROCKETS -- 4.3 CENTER OF MASS -- 4.4 NUMERICAL INTEGRATION AND THE CENTER OF MASS -- 4.4.1 Trapezoidal Rule -- 4.4.2 Simpson's Rule -- 4.5 MOMENTUM OF A SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE PARTICLES -- 4.6 ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF A SINGLE PARTICLE -- 4.7 ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF MULTIPLE PARTICLES -- 4.8 CHAPTER SUMMARY -- 4.9 END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS -- Chapter 5: Energy…”
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Classical and modern engineering methods in fluid flow and heat transfer an introduction for engineers and students / by Dorfman, A. Sh. (Abram Shlemovich)

Table of Contents: “…Heat transfer in thermal and cooling systems -- 10.1 Heat exchangers and pipes -- 10.1.1 Pipes and channels -- 10.1.2 Heat exchangers and finned surfaces -- 10.2 Cooling systems -- 10.2.1 Electronic packages -- 10.2.2 Turbine blades and rocket -- 10.2.3 Nuclear reactor -- 10.3 Energy systems --…”
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Apollo in Perspective : Spaceflight Then and Now / by Allday, Jonathan

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