{"title":"Books: Discovery \u0026 Innovations","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"british-aviation-the-first-half-century","title":"British Aviation: The First Half Century","description":"\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: #1d1d1d; background: white;\"\u003eB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d; background: white;\"\u003eritish Aviation: The First Half-Century In Colour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #7030a0;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d; background: white;\"\u003eThe first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the aeroplane and its development as an instrument of war and commerce. Within five decades, contraptions barely able to take to the air had given way to jet-powered aircraft, a rate of technological advance unparalleled in any other field. It was the period when Great Britain’s aviation industry was established and grew to its zenith. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d; background: white;\"\u003eWith more than 170 period images, carefully colourised, this book chronicles the wide variety of aircraft produced in Great Britain before 1950, portraying them in their full glory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eAvailable: NOW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eISBN: 978 1 80282 134 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003ePrice: \u003cspan style=\"color: #0070c0;\"\u003e£25.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eFormat: Hardback, \u003cspan style=\"color: #0070c0;\"\u003e192 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: #1d1d1d; background: white;\"\u003eAuthors: David Willis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003ewith Richard James Molloy and Sean Clark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: #1d1d1d; background: white; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Key Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39539900088371,"sku":"KB0117","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0081\/2344\/9395\/products\/kb0117large.jpg?v=1635007306"},{"product_id":"american-aviation-the-first-half-century","title":"American Aviation: The First Half Century","description":"\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003eAmerican Aviation: The First Half Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003eThe story of American aviation in the first half of the 20th century is one of innovation, industry, commerce, and warfare. The first successful flight of a powered, heavier-than-air flying machine occurred in the United States in late 1903. Within five decades, those with the appropriate means could buy their own aircraft and learn to fly it, or sip cocktails above the clouds while being conveyed to exotic locations at high speeds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003eControl of the air became the key prerequisite for success on the battlefield, while aircraft carriers became the most powerful warships afloat. From humble beginnings, the American aviation industry went on to build more warplanes than those of the UK and USSR combined during World War Two.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003eAmerican Aviation: The First Half-Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003e provides an overview of the vast variety of aircraft built in the United States during the first 50 years of the 20th century – from the pioneering machines that helped establish the industry to those pushing the boundaries in the immediate post-war period – through 170 stunningly colorized period photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eAvailable: NOW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eISBN: 978 1 80282 303 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003ePrice: £25.00 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eFormat: Hardback, 192 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: #1d1d1d;\"\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eDavid Willis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eand Jim Winchester \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: #1d1d1d; background: white; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Key Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40384461439027,"sku":"KB0177","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0081\/2344\/9395\/products\/AA-FirstHalfCentury.png?v=1664805547"},{"product_id":"mars-rovers","title":"Mars Rovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eFrom telescopic observations of the Red Planet in the 19th century, which indicated that life may exist beyond Earth, Mars has captured the imagination of the public. Funded by collective governments, a programme of exploration began in the latter part of the 20th century, in which probes were designed to fly close to Mars and send photographic images back to Earth. Decades later, vehicles were designed to land on the planet’s surface and were tasked with an extraordinary number of missions to provide insight into the geology, geography and atmosphere of Mars. Using revolutionary technology and advanced operating techniques, NASA developed a series of Mars rovers capable of autonomous operation and high reliability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eOver several decades, they went from deploying a roving vehicle the size of a microwave oven to vehicles the size and weight of a small SUV. 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