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Return to China one day : the learning life of Qian Xuesen / Chengdong Lv.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lv, Chengdong, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Tari guilai. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qian, Xuesen, 1911-2009.
- Qian, Xuesen.
- Astronautics--Biography.
- Astronautics.
- Aerospace engineers--China--Biography.
- Aerospace engineers.
- Physicists--China--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer ; Hangzhou : Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Translated from Chinese.
- Summary:
- This Open Access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know as Tsien Hsue-Shen). Based on a large number of original archives and historical materials, this book focuses on Qian Xuesens years of seeking knowledge from his birth in 1911 to his return to China in 1955 and describes how he grows into a world-known scientist from the aspect of humanity. This book can be used as reference material for Qian Xuesens earlier years.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Family and Education
- Chapter 2 Serve the Country through Engineering
- Chapter 3 Life and Study in the United States
- Chapter 4 From Young Scholar to World-Class Scientist
- Chapter 5 Marriage and Family Life
- Chapter 6 Communism Enlightenment and Dedication to His Country.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9789811957550
- 981195755X
- OCLC:
- 1356890281
- Access Restriction:
- Open access
- Restricted for use by site license.
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