TY  - BOOK
AU  - Von Kármán, Theodore, 
AU  - Von Kármán, Theodore, 
AU  - Edson, Lee
TI  - The wind and beyond:  : Theodore von Kármán, pioneer in aviation and pathfinder in space
U1  - 629.10924 VON 
PY  - 1967///
CY  - Boston
PB  -  : Little, Brown
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Von Kármán, Theodore, -- 1881-1963
KW  - Aeronautical engineers -- United States -- Biography
KW  - Ingénieurs en aéronautique -- États-Unis -- Biographies
KW  - Aeronautical engineers
KW  - United States
N1  - 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
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