The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist - Couverture souple

Longuski, James

 
9781441921598: The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist
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ISBN 10 : 1441921591 ISBN 13 : 9781441921598
Editeur : Copernicus, 2010

Synopsis

This book explains the methods that rocket scientists use — expressed in a way that could be applied in everyday life. It’s short and snappy and written by a rocket scientist. The book illustrates the methods (the 7 secrets) with anecdotes, quotations and biographical sketches of famous scientists, ideas from sci-fi, personal stories and insights, and occasionally a bit of space history. The author reveals that rocket science is just common sense applied to the extraordinarily uncommon environment of outer space and that rocket scientists are people, too. This book is intended for general "armchair" scientists, and for those interested in popular psychology, space history, and science fiction films.

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À propos de l?auteur

After receiving his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Michigan in 1979, Jim Longuski (long-gus´-ske) worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a Maneuver Analyst and as a Mission Designer. In 1988 he joined the faculty of the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana where he teaches courses in dynamics, aerospace optimization, and spacecraft design. He is coinventor of a "Method for Velocity Precision Pointing in Spin-Stabilized Spacecraft or Rockets" and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Professor Longuski has published over one hundred and fifty conference and journal papers in the general area of astrodynamics including such topics as spacecraft dynamics and control, reentry theory, mission design, space trajectory optimization, and a new test of General Relativity. In 2004, AIAA published Professor Longuski's first book, Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists and Engineers.

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Éditeur
Copernicus
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1441921591
ISBN 13 
9781441921598
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0387308768 ISBN 13 :  9780387308760
Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2006
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