Copied Birth of the Shinkansen
Birth of the Shinkansen
This book discusses the Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway, which was born in Japan in 1964 and how it has developed up to the present day. In the 1950s, some European railways were trying to increase the commercial operating speed up to 160 km/h, and it was considered difficult to raise it to 200 km/h. Japanese engineers with excellent engineering ability post World War ll moved from the military to the railways to overcome the technological challenges realizing the high-speed railways using new approaches. The book discusses the technological barriers in speeding up the railway at that time and how these engineers overcame them in non-computer days. In the five decades since the Shinkansen began operating, there have been significant developments enabling high-speed, safe, and frequent train operation with high punctuality while conserving the environment. The book also describes todays highly evolved Shinkansen. The Shinkansen, which runs 440,000 km a day, has carried 13.3 billion people without a single fatality in 56 years. The book overviews factors that contributed to the Shinkansens high safety record. This book is an excellent guide for those interested in the history of the worlds first high-speed railway.
Price Comparison
| Seller | Contact Seller | List Price | On Sale | Shipping | Best Promo | Final Price | Volume Discount | Financing | Availability | Seller's Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BEST PRICE 1 Product Purchase
|
|
$34.99 | $34.99 |
|
$31.50 | See Site | In stock | Visit Store |
Reviews
Questions & Answers
Formal Methods: Foundations and Applications
$49.99
Off and Running
$5.21
I Am a Bird
$6.71
Inducible Lymphoid Organs
$179.99
Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Women
$169.00
Insect Chemical Ecology
$219.99
Anglo-French Relations and Strategy on the Western Front, 191418
$39.99
Marken in der Smart City
$29.99
Collected Papers of Stig Kanger with Essays on his Life and Work Volume II
$109.99
T. cruzi Infection
$169.99
Transient Heat Transfer
$39.99
Fastperiodische Funktionen
$59.99
Geschlechterverhltnisse, Geschlechterpolitik und Gleichstellungspolitik in der Europischen Union
$39.99
Medienstrafrecht
$37.99
Fuzzy Preference Modelling and Multicriteria Decision Support
$169.99
1+1=10: Mathematik fr Hhlenmenschen
$19.99
Bioanalysis and Biosensors for Bioprocess Monitoring
$259.00
Lehrbuch der Chirurgie
$64.99
Soziale und angewandte Psychiatrie
$54.99
Solid mechanics research for quantitative non-destructive evaluation
$169.00
Becoming Feminist
$54.99
Strategische Herausforderungen im Investment Banking
$59.99
The Magnetosphere
$54.99
Growth Trends in European Forests
$219.99
Invasion of Woody Legumes
$54.99
Digging for Words
$5.96
Geometric Topology in Dimensions 2 and 3
$69.99
Classification and Clustering for Knowledge Discovery
$129.00
Japanese Management in the Low Growth Era
$109.99
Escape from Lucien: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #6)
$9.74
Organising Immigrants' Integration
$139.00
Runtime Verification
$54.99
Circuit Design for Reliability
$109.99
Lupus erythematodes
$24.99
Internal Control
$109.99
Bildkommunikation
$59.99
Vaccine Technologies for Veterinary Viral Diseases
$219.99
Karl Lwith
$44.99
Das deutsche Legendenbuch
$69.99
Dear Mrs. LaRue
$5.96
