Which aerospace engineering book is best for beginners?

[dark_raider]

I was searching amazon for such books and i found these two:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471619515/?tag=pfamazon01-20

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1563475243/?tag=pfamazon01-20

and i am not sure which is better. I have to say that i have no idea of engineering so i wonder if these are difficult for me. Do you have any other suggestions?

 

[Cyrus]

If you are not very good at math, those books are not for the faint of heart.

 

[herpamad]

How about websites such as http://wright.nasa.gov/airplane/shortw.html, or http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/#Principles

I am going through these sites now to increase my knowledge of aerospace as i am a mech eng student.

 

[dark_raider]

Actually i have a good background in both physics and math. It's just that i have never studied enginnering before. Anyway, i got the first one and i find it very enlightening so far. Thank you for your your answers.

 

[dtango]

If you are not very good at math, those books are not for the faint of heart.

As an aero PhD once told me..."you can't get far in aerodynamics without the maths".

 

[dark_raider]

As an aero PhD once told me..."you can't get far in aerodynamics without the maths".

I think that this applies to every subfield of physics.

 

[dtango]

I think that this applies to every subfield of physics.

Hear, hear!...

It still makes me want to however!

 

[Anamar]

"It still makes me want to how ever!"
May this site helps you "2020ok.com" if you want to ebooks on engineering..
2020ok.com > Engineering > Aerospace > Aerodynamics > Aeronautics in Theory and Experiments
And there are many ebooks on Aerospace engineering.

 

[Lancelot59]

I'm looking for some on aircraft design, and I'm having issues finding one. Does anyone know and particularly good ones?

 

[dtango]

I'm looking for some on aircraft design, and I'm having issues finding one. Does anyone know and particularly good ones?

I have Raymer's "Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach". Raymer is very straightforward and provides many rules of thumb to keep initial design as simple as possible. Don't expect derivations however. Very practical book in my opinion.

 

[Lancelot59]

I have Raymer's "Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach". Raymer is very straightforward and provides many rules of thumb to keep initial design as simple as possible. Don't expect derivations however. Very practical book in my opinion.

At this phase I'm not too interested in the derivation of the equations, so it's not an issue. I'll see if I can find a copy. Thanks for the tip!