This volume examines the various technologies and aircraft that have enabled human flight and includes a comprehensive section on the design and operation of airports. --from publisher description.
Humans have long dreamt of communing with the skies and acquiring the ability to fly. The first experiments with balloon flight through the development of the Concorde and everything in between, aviation has transformed the way humans travel, especially over vast distances. This…
Examines cryptography, discussing the history of the science, different cipher types, and how codes and codebreaking have changed with computers.
This work examines the logic and science behind various ciphers, their real world uses, how codes can be broken, and the use of technology in this oft-overlooked field.
"Double agents, code-cracking, and covert operations are not just the stuff of action movies or thrillers. Intelligence communities--comprised of spies as well as cryptographers and experts in a variety of other fields--have played significant roles in both past and present wars…