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The wind and beyond; Theodore von Kármán, pioneer in aviation and pathfinder in space / by Theodore von Kármán with Lee Edson.
LIBRA - Special TL540.V67 A3 1967
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963.
- Von Kármán, Theodore.
- Aeronautical engineers--United States--Biography.
- Aeronautical engineers.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 376 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Little, Brown, [1967]
- Contents:
- 1. Prodigy
- 2. The Minta
- 3. The Royal Joseph
- 4. High Priests of Georgia Augusta
- 5. Paris Interlude
- 6. Privat Dozent
- 7. Beginning of Aviation Science
- 8. New Concepts in Physics
- 9. Early Days at Aachen
- 10. World War I
- 11. Revolution in Hungary
- 12. Gliders
- 13. Teaching at Aachen
- 14. Junkers and von Zeppelin
- 15. First Visit to U.S.
- 16. Japan
- 17. Turbulence
- 18. Last Days in Germany
- 19. Early Days at Cal Tech
- 20. From Palomar to Plaster of Paris
- 21. Lighter than Air
- 22. DC-3 and Flying Wing
- 23. Bohr, Fermi, Einstein
- 24. Trailing the Wind Around the World
- 25. China Takes to the Air
- 26. New Jobs for Aerodynamics
- 27. Collapse of the Tacoma Bridge
- 28. Glimmerings of High Speed
- 29. Approaching Supersonic Flight
- 30. Rockets and the "Suicide Club"
- 31. JATO Becomes a Success
- 32. Aerojet Is Launched
- 33. The Vision of Hap Arnold
- 34. Right After the War 35. Russia and Hungary
- 36. Blueprint for the U.S.A.F.
- 37. A New Air Force Emerges
- 38. Dr. Tsien of Red China
- 39. How I "Lost" $12,000,000
- 40. AGARD: The Beginning
- 41. AGARD: In Operation
- 42. AGARD: The Lessons
- 43. Outside the Ring of Steel
- 44. What's Ahead.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-361).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963. Wind and beyond.
- ISBN:
- 0316907537
- 9780316907538
- OCLC:
- 1169593
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