Film, Video Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers
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Title
- Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers
Summary
- Smithsonian curator and historian Tom D. Crouch discussed his new book, "Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and What Came Before," in a program sponsored by the Library's Center for the Book. "Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers" is an account of the significant contributions the AIAA and its predecessor organizations have made to the evolution of flight. It covers the story of visionary individuals and dedicated engineers who changed society. The book traces the early struggles to create and distinguish aeronautics as a distinct profession, through the technological advances brought on by two world wars and the advances spawned by the Space Age.
Names
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-04-25.
Headings
- - Biography, History
- - Science, Technology
- - Technology, Industry
Notes
- - Classification: History: America.
- - Classification: Science.
- - Classification: Technology.
- - Tom Crouch.
- - Recorded on 2006-04-25.
- - Researchers.
Medium
- 1 online resource
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021687755
Online Format
- video
- image