1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703042803321

Titolo

NASA's first 50 years [[electronic resource] ] : historical perspectives / / Steven J. Dick, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, History Division : , : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 759 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

NASA SP ; ; 2010-4704

Altri autori (Persone)

DickSteven J

Soggetti

Astronautics - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (NASA, viewed Oct. 4, 2010).

"NASA 50th anniversary proceedings."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Steven J. Dick -- NASA at 50 / Michael D. Griffin -- Inside NASA at 50 / Howard E. McCurdy -- Imagining an aerospace agency in the atomic age / Robert R. MacGregor -- Leading in space : 50 years of NASA administrators / W. Henry Lambright -- Space access : NASA's role in developing core launch-vehicle technologies / J.D. Hunley -- NASA's international relations in space : an historical overview / John Krige -- Fifty years of NASA and the public : what NASA? what publics? / Linda Billings -- NASA aeronautics : a half century of accomplishments / Anthony M. Springer -- Evolution of aeronautics research at NASA / Robert G. Ferguson -- The NACA, NASA, and the supersonic-hypersonic frontier / Richard P. Hallion -- Fifty years of human spaceflight : why is there still a controversy? / John M. Logsdon -- From the secret of Apollo to the lessons of failure : the uses and abuses of systems engineering and project management at NASA / Stephen B. Johnson -- The "Von Braun paradigm" and NASA's long-term planning for human spaceflight / Michael J. Neufeld -- Life sciences and human spaceflight / Maura Phillips Mackowski -- Voyages to Mars / Laurence Bergreen -- The space age and disciplinary change in astronomy / David DeVorkin -- Planetary exploration in the inner solar system / Joseph N. Tatarewicz -- NASA's voyages to the outer solar system / Michael Meltzer -- Deep space navigation, planetary



science, and astronomy : a synergetic relationship / Andrew J. Butrica -- NASA's earth science program : the space agency's mission to our home planet / Edward S. Goldstein -- Earth observations from space : achievements, challenges, and realities / James R. Fleming -- Earth science and planetary science : a symbiotic relationship? / Erik Conway -- Exploration, discovery, and culture : NASA's role in history / Steven J. Dick.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806168003321

Autore

Godfrey Donald G.

Titolo

C. Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television / / Donald G. Godfrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-252-09615-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

History of Communication

Disciplina

621.3880092

Soggetti

Inventors - United States

Cinematographers - United States

Television

Television - History

Cinematography - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter 1. Jenkins' Heritage and Youth""; ""Chapter 2. Early Film Experiments""; ""Chapter 3. A Lifetime of Struggle""; ""Chapter 4. Jenkins' Motion Pictures""; ""Chapter 5. Founding the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers""; ""Chapter 6. Visionary Entrepreneur""; ""Chapter 7. RadioVision: The Genesis and Promotion""; ""Chapter 8. Radio Pictures: Going Operational""; ""Chapter 9. Television: Seeing by Electricity""; ""Chapter 10. The Eyes of Radio""; ""Chapter 11. The Jenkins Television Corporation""

""Chapter 12. American Visionary""""Epilogue""; ""Appendix A. U.S. Patents Issued to C. Francis Jenkins""; ""Appendix B. Selected Jenkins



Patents Referenced in Modern Patent Applications""; ""Notes""; ""A Selected Research Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This is a biography of the important but long-forgotten American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). Historian Donald G. Godfrey documents the life of Jenkins from his childhood in Indiana and early life in the West to his work as a prolific inventor whose productivity was cut short by an early death.