This book was part of a course he taught for non aerospace engineers. His explanations of tough topics like boundary layer theory and airfoils are clear
Apparently he worked on the V2 rocket. But there are lots of scientists that can write technical books targeted to experts. This book is worth it because this guy is devoted a lot of his teaching career to explaining difficult topics to non-experts. I think he did a marvelous job, of mixing technical material and history. I think this book was part of a course he taught at yale univ.
It is an expensive book, but I'll go in and say it's worth it. Check your univ library.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Airplanes-Peter-Wegener/dp/...
This book was part of a course he taught for non aerospace engineers. His explanations of tough topics like boundary layer theory and airfoils are clear