Ludwig Prandtl : a personal biography drawn from memories and correspondence / / Johanna Vogel-Prandtl ; translated into English by David A. Tigwell
| Ludwig Prandtl : a personal biography drawn from memories and correspondence / / Johanna Vogel-Prandtl ; translated into English by David A. Tigwell |
| Autore | Vogel-Prandtl Johanna |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 629.130092 |
| Collana | Göttinger Klassiker der Strömungsmechanik |
| Soggetto topico |
Aeronautical engineers - Germany
Aerodynamics - History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Ludwig Prandtl’s Childhood -- 3. Ludwig Prandtl the Apprentice, Student, Engineer and Professor -- 4. Engagement and Marriage -- 5. 1911-1918 Everyday Professional Life -- 6. Everyday Domestic Life -- 7. Glider Flying -- 8. An Offer of a Professorship in Munich -- 9. Establishing the Institute and New Projects -- 10. The New Kaiser Wilhelm Institute -- 11. Trip to London -- 12. Trip to Japan -- 13. Everyday Domestic Routine Once More -- 14. Holiday Trips -- 15. The Year 1933 -- 16. Honorary Doctorates from Cambridge and Trondheim -- 17. The Mountain House -- 18. Intervention on Behalf of W. Heisenberg -- 19. The Prevailing Climate at that Time -- 20. Congress in America -- 21. The Ideological Dispute Amongst Physicists -- 22. Trip to Rumania -- 23. The Last Years of the War -- 24. The End of the War -- 25. A New Beginning at the University -- 26. The Immediate Post-War Period -- 27. The Last Years of his Life -- 28. Final Comments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910135545603321 |
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| Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2014 | ||
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The wind and beyond : a documentary journey into the history of aerodynamics in America / / James R. Hansen, editor ; with D. Bryan Taylor, Jeremy Kinney, and J. Lawrence Lee
| The wind and beyond : a documentary journey into the history of aerodynamics in America / / James R. Hansen, editor ; with D. Bryan Taylor, Jeremy Kinney, and J. Lawrence Lee |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of External Relations, , 2003- <2007> |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes <1-2>) : illustrations |
| Collana |
NASA SP
NASA history series |
| Soggetto topico |
Aerodynamics - History
Aeronautical engineers - United States Aerodynamics Aeronautical engineers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | v. 1. The ascent of the airplane -- v. 2. Reinventing the airplane. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Wind and beyond |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910716756703321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, Office of External Relations, , 2003- <2007> | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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