The Wind and Beyond.. Theodore von Karman, Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Space [1 ed.]
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English Pages [412] Year 1967
Table of contents :
Front cover
Flap
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction: Collaboration with a Genius
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
Bibliography
Honorary Degrees and Titles
Index
Flap (continued)
Back cover
Front cover
Flap
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction: Collaboration with a Genius
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
Bibliography
Honorary Degrees and Titles
Index
Flap (continued)
Back cover
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