Author: Thomas A. SturmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advisory boards
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The USAF Scientific Advisory Board: Its First Twenty Years, 1944-1964
Author: Thomas A. SturmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advisory boards
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The USAF Scientific Advisory Board
Author: Thomas A. SturmThe USAF Scientific Advisory Board
Author: Thomas A. SturmThe Usaf Scientific Advisory Board: Its First Twenty Years, 1944-1964
Author: Office of Air Force HistoryPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508729785
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
One of the highest compliments a USAF research and engineering officer can receive on his work is that it met the standards of “the Arnold-von Karman tradition.” This allusion epitomizes objectivity of inquiry and thoroughness and excellence of performance.This documented narrative traces that proud tradition from its genesis through the twentieth anniversary of its creator and most zealous guardian-the Scientific Advisory Board to the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force. Hopefully, the work will serve as both testimonial and concise source book on the invaluable contribution which this dedicated and uniquely skilled companion-in-arms has made to the cause of American aerospace supremacy.
In War and Peace
Author: Guy SteverPublisher: Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 0309084113
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Science came into Guy Stever's life as a pure and peaceful pursuit. It was only later, as he walked through the wreckage of wartime London that he began to see science as central to a desperate struggle to survive. Past president of Carnegie Mellon University, former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, one-time Director of the National Science Foundation, professor at MIT for 20 years, member of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, and science advisor to two presidents…Guy Stever was a central figure in twentieth century scienceâ€"consistently on the front lines, changing the fate of a nation. In this thoughtful and candid memoir, Stever recounts an extraordinary life that reveals as much about the man as about the major scientific and technological events of his day. Born of humble origins and orphaned at an early age, Stever journeyed from a small town in New York to work alongside British comrades who were developing and refining the critical radar technology that was to turn the tide of the war against the Germans. As a technical intelligence officer, these harrowing wartime years took him from the beachheads of Normandy to the German slave-labor factories responsible for building the V-2 rockets. Stever returned home committed to serving his country. He became intimately involved in America's nascent guided missile programâ€"and was to remain a key player in the anti-ballistic missile defense program that heralded the era of the Cold War. As the decades passed, Stever continued to exert lasting influence on countless scientific endeavors. He was instrumental in the formation of new institutions, from the creation of NASA in the post-Sputnik years to the merging of Carnegie Tech and the Mellon Institution, giving birth to Carnegie Mellon University. As Presidential Science Advisor to both Nixon and Ford, Stever shaped the very structure of contemporary presidential science advising. And he was to chair the oversight committee that redesigned the space shuttle boosters after the Challenger explosion. Guy Stever's life offers remarkable insight into the twentieth century. Through his eyes, we relive the history of the past 50 years, witnesses to a tale of science and technology that is revealing in its scope and sweep.
Reflections on Research and Development in the United States Air Force
Author: Center for Air Force History (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Air University Review
Author: The CIA and the U-2 Program 1954-1974
Author: Gregory W. PedlowPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788183265
Category : Aerial reconnaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A comprehensive & authoritative history of the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program (MORP), which from 1954 to 1974 developed & operated 2 extraordinary aircraft, the U-2 & the A-12 OXCART. Describes not only the program's technological & bureaucratic aspects, but also its political & international context. The MORP, along with other overhead systems that emerged from it, changed the CIA's work & structure in ways that were both revolutionary & permanent. The formation of the Directorate of S&T in the 1960s, principally to develop & direct reconnaissance programs, is the most obvious legacy of the events in this study.
Rearming for the Cold War, 1945-1960
Author: Elliott Vanveltner ConversePublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Book Description: The first publication in a multivolume series on the history of the acquisition of major weapon systems by the Department of Defense, author Elliott Converse presents a meticulously researched overview of changes in acquisition policies, organizations, and processes within the United States military establishment during the decade and a half following World War II. Many of the changes that shaped the nature and course of weapons research and development, production, and contracting through the end of the century were instituted between 1945 and 1960; many of the problems that have repeatedly challenged defense policymakers and acquisition professionals also first surfaced during these years. This study is the first to combine the histories of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the military services into one account. The volume is organized chronologically, with individual chapters addressing the roles of OSD, the Army, Navy and Air Force in two distinct periods.
Final Report: Sources and documentation
Author: United States. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation ExperimentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human experimentation in medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description